®Planning appeal decision
Rai Solicitors, 19 Stoke Road, SLOUGH, SL2 5AH
outline planning permission for the demolition of existing commercial buildings and erection of an 8-storey residential building at the corner of Stoke Road and Stoke Gardens to provide up to 29 new dwellings with associated cycle and car parking. Access, layout, appearance and scale to be determined with landscaping reserved for future consideration
- Authority
- Slough Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Jones M
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 the non-designated heritage asset 19 Stoke Road and the setting of the non-designated heritage asset 21 Stoke Road
- whether or not adequate living conditions would be created for future residents, with reference to sunlight, daylight and outside space
- the effect of the proposal on the integrity of the SAC
What decided it
The severe shortfall in the Council's housing land supply (around 2.1 years) engaged the tilted balance under Framework paragraph 11 d) ii), and the substantial weight attributed to the resulting housing benefits outweighed the identified harms.
the substantial benefits of housing delivery, brownfield reuse and economic activity outweighed the moderate harm from inadequate living conditions for some future occupiers and the little harm to the historic environment, such that the adverse impacts would not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits
Framework references: 130, 203, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy EN1, Policy 4, Policy 8, Policy EN2, Policy 9, Policy EN17, Policy 10
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.