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Allowed6 June 20233309308

Mattel House, Vanwall Road, Maidenhead, SL6 4UB

Planning appeal 3309308 at Mattel House, Vanwall Road, Maidenhead, SL6 4UB (Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead) was allowed on 6 June 2023 by Inspector Masters C, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.

Demolition of the existing building and construction of 91 residential units together with associated landscaping, car parking and infrastructure works

Authority
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Masters C
Postcode
SL6 4UB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
  • The effect of the proposal on employment floorspace within the borough (to include the fall back position)
  • Whether the proposal would provide an acceptable standard of accommodation

What decided it

With the tilted balance engaged due to the lack of a five-year housing land supply, the substantial benefits of housing and affordable housing delivery outweighed the limited conflict with the employment floorspace policy.

The substantial benefits of housing delivery, affordable housing provision and the fallback position outweighed the conflict with policy ED2 on employment floorspace, with no adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighing the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy QP3 1(b)Policy QP3(l)Policy ED2Policy ED3Policy ED1Policy SP2Policy H03
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 16Paragraph 11Paragraph 57

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