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Allowed17 April 20233309281

Land Adjacent Pond View Sturt Green Holyport Maidenhead, Maidenhead, SL6 2JF

Planning appeal 3309281 at Land Adjacent Pond View Sturt Green Holyport Maidenhead, Maidenhead, SL6 2JF (Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead) was allowed on 17 April 2023 by Inspector Savage K, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal amounts to inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including the effect on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it.

outline planning application (all matters reserved other than access) for 4 serviced plots for self-build and custom housebuilding

Authority
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Savage K
Postcode
SL6 2JH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal amounts to inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including the effect on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
  • If the development is inappropriate within the Green Belt, 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 it

What decided it

The very substantial shortfall in delivery of self-build and custom housebuilding plots against statutory registers was found to carry overriding weight that clearly outweighed the identified Green Belt harm.

the substantial harm from inappropriate development and loss of openness to the Green Belt was clearly outweighed by the overriding weight attached to unmet self-build and custom housebuilding need, together with limited-weight benefits, so that very special circumstances were found to exist

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy QP5Policy HO2(4)Policy HO2(5)Policy SP2
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 149Paragraph 57
Judgments
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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