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Dismissed20 December 20223297923

Land Adjacent to Lane End House, Shinfield Road , Shinfield , RG2 9BB

Planning appeal 3297923 at Land Adjacent to Lane End House, Shinfield Road , Shinfield , RG2 9BB (Wokingham Borough Council) was dismissed on 20 December 2022 by Inspector Rogers J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal scheme makes appropriate provision to ensure the safety and accessibility of users of the proposed site access road.

6no dwellings with associated landscaping and access

Authority
Wokingham Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Rogers J
Postcode
RG2 9BB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the appeal scheme makes appropriate provision to ensure the safety and accessibility of users of the proposed site access road

What decided it

The absence of a planning obligation to secure management of the site access road creates unacceptable risk to highway safety and accessibility, and this harm significantly and demonstrably outweighs the moderate benefits of additional housing supply.

The considerable harm to highway safety and accessibility from the absence of access road management provisions significantly and demonstrably outweighs the moderate benefits of six additional dwellings and affordable housing, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development does not apply.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CP4Policy CP10Policy CP19Policy 1 of the Shinfield Parish Neighbourhood Plan (2017)Infrastructure Delivery and Contributions Supplementary Planning Document for the Strategic Development Locations (2011)South of the M4 Strategic Development Location Supplementary Planning Document (2011)
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 57Paragraph 74Paragraph 11

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