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Notice varied and upheld7 January 20253311592

Land at New Acres, Nine Mile Road, Wokingham, RG40 3LZ

Planning appeal 3311592 at Land at New Acres, Nine Mile Road, Wokingham, RG40 3LZ (Wokingham Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 7 January 2025 by Inspector King T, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: planning policy and the five-year supply position of gypsy and traveller pitches within the Wokingham District area.

Without planning permission the material change of use of the Land to use for the stationing of mobile homes/caravans for the purposes of human habitation together with associated hard surfacing, ancillary outbuildings and structures including but not limited to kennels, play areas, fencing and lighting

Authority
Wokingham Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
Inspector
King T
Postcode
RG40 3LX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • planning policy and the five-year supply position of gypsy and traveller pitches within the Wokingham District area
  • location, and the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
  • whether there is a threat to the development from flooding
  • the impact of the development on the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area

What decided it

The harm to the valued landscape character and the unmitigated significant flood risk in Flood Zone 3b outweighed the shortfall in five-year gypsy and traveller pitch supply.

the shortfall in five-year gypsy and traveller pitch supply, though attracting considerable weight, was outweighed by the harm to the valued landscape and the unassessed significant flood risk in Flood Zone 3b

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CP1Policy CP2Policy CP3Policy CP7Policy CP8Policy CP11Policy CC02Policy CC09Policy TB10Policy TB21Policy TB23Policy RD1Policy NRM6
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 187
Judgments
McCarthy, Sheridan and Others v SOS & South Cambridgeshire DC [2006] EWHG 3287

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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