®Planning appeal decision
Willow Manor Fifield Road, Fifield, Maidenhead, SL6 2PG
Planning appeal 3304595 at Willow Manor Fifield Road, Fifield, Maidenhead, SL6 2PG (Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead) was allowed on 20 December 2022 by Inspector Savage K, 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.
Outline application for access only to be considered at this stage with all other matters to be reserved for the construction of up to x6 dwellings with associated landscaping and parking, closing off of the existing access to Willow Manor and creation of a new vehicular access from Fifield Road, following demolition of the existing dwelling
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Savage K
- Postcode
- SL6 2PG
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 proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether the proposal represents a suitable location for housing in terms of promoting sustainable or active modes of travel
- Whether the proposal would be acceptable in terms of flood risk
- Whether the proposal would be acceptable in respect of carbon emissions
- If the development is inappropriate, whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal constitutes limited infilling within a village within the Green Belt and is therefore not inappropriate development, removing the need to demonstrate very special circumstances.
Not applicable; the proposal is not inappropriate development, so no balancing exercise against very special circumstances was required.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy QP5Policy IF2Policy NR1Policy SP2Policy HO2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 105Paragraph 79Paragraph 6
- Judgments
- Julian Wood v The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Gravesham Borough Council EWCA Civ 195 - 9 February 2015
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.
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