®Planning appeal decision
Willow Manor Fifield Road, Fifield, MAIDENHEAD, SL6 2PG
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
- Authority
- Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Savage K
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.
Framework references: 149, 105, 79, 6
Plan policies cited: Policy QP5, Policy IF2, Policy NR1, Policy SP2, Policy HO2
Judgments cited: Julian Wood v The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Gravesham Borough Council EWCA Civ 195 - 9 February 2015
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