®Planning appeal decision
Land at New Acres, Nine Mile Road, Wokingham, RG40 3LZ
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
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
Framework references: 187
Plan policies cited: Policy CP1, Policy CP2, Policy CP3, Policy CP7, Policy CP8, Policy CP11, Policy CC02, Policy CC09, Policy TB10, Policy TB21, Policy TB23, Policy RD1, Policy NRM6
Judgments cited: McCarthy, Sheridan and Others v SOS & South Cambridgeshire DC [2006] EWHG 3287
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