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Zacara Polo Ground, Shurlock Row, Reading, RG10 0PP
Planning appeal 3305525 at Zacara Polo Ground, Shurlock Row, Reading, RG10 0PP (Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead) was dismissed on 6 June 2023 by Inspector Sutton A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to openness and purposes of the Green Belt, the revised National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
Outline planning permission for a proposed clubhouse pavilion with internal accommodation for changing rooms, toilets, kitchen and reception area, with covered open-sided veranda, 283.8 square metres gross internal floorspace
- Appeal type
- other · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Unknown
- Inspector
- Sutton A
- Postcode
- RG10 0PP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to openness and purposes of the Green Belt, the revised National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on highway safety in the area
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal would result in inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing harm to openness, and no other considerations clearly outweighed this substantial harm to justify very special circumstances.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and loss of openness was not clearly outweighed by other considerations, which at most carried limited weight.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy QP5Policy IF2Policy QP3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 137Paragraph 149Paragraph 111
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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