Planning appeal decision
Lord Harris Court, Mole Road, Sindlesham, RG41 5EA
Planning appeal 3291775 at Lord Harris Court, Mole Road, Sindlesham, RG41 5EA (Wokingham Borough Council) was allowed on 2 August 2022 by Inspector Howell M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether condition 3 is reasonable or necessary to safeguard the living conditions of neighbouring occupants and in the interests of highway and pedestrian safety.
Installation of a non-return valve and 24-hour storage cesspit to store effluent
- Authority
- Wokingham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- utilities-energy · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- Howell M
- Postcode
- RG41 5EA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether condition 3 is reasonable or necessary to safeguard the living conditions of neighbouring occupants and in the interests of highway and pedestrian safety
What decided it
The cesspit is proposed as an emergency back-up system used only 6 times annually, located 40-50m from nearest residential properties, and the existing condition 7 already controls occupation pending mains drainage connection, making the temporary removal condition unreasonable and unnecessary.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CP1CP3CC10
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Wokingham Borough Council
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2022
- Allowed8 June 20263371069Land North of Reading Road, Arborfield, RG2 9HN
- Notice upheld10 March 20263374730Land at Gravelley Bridge Farm, Grazeley Green Road, Grazeley, Reading, RG7 1LG
- Allowed26 November 20253363174178 Bearwood Road, Barkham, Wokingham, RG41 4SH
- Dismissed10 November 20253364304Land Between Lodge Road And Tape Lane RG10 0EG, Hurst , Wokingham , RG10 0EG
- Allowed12 August 20253350981Front Plot At Shinfield Court, Church Lane, Three Mile Cross, RG7 1HB
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®