Planning appeal decision
1 Hill House Cottages Milley Lane, Hare Hatch, Reading, RG10 9TH
Planning appeal 3317429 at 1 Hill House Cottages Milley Lane, Hare Hatch, Reading, RG10 9TH (Wokingham Borough Council) was dismissed on 12 July 2023 by Inspector Guest H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
triple detached garage to include workshop and storage and demolition of existing garage
- Authority
- Wokingham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Guest H
- Postcode
- RG10 9TH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposal on protected trees, with particular regard to the quality of the environment
- on the basis that the proposal would be inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would harm openness and protected trees, with insufficient evidence of mitigation and no very special circumstances to justify approval.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CP12Policy TB01Policy CP1Policy CC03Policy CP11
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 147Paragraph 149
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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