Cokeley Mead, Ryehurst Lane, Binfield, Bracknell, RG42 5QZ

Planning appeal 3294302 at Cokeley Mead, Ryehurst Lane, Binfield, Bracknell, RG42 5QZ (Bracknell Forest Borough Council) was dismissed on 12 August 2022 by Inspector Conde L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

‘To install a 10Kw ground mounted PV solar panel system in the field at the back of the property’

Authority: Bracknell Forest Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: utilities-energy · Other minor developments
Inspector: Conde L
Postcode: RG42 5QZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
Whether the harm by reasons of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by the other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal

What decided it

The renewable energy benefits and reversibility of the development do not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt caused by inappropriate development and loss of openness, and therefore very special circumstances do not exist.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy CS9 of the Core Strategy Development Plan DocumentSaved Policy GB1 of the Bracknell Forest Borough Local Plan
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 148Paragraph 149Paragraph 150Paragraph 151

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