Planning appeal decision
Land at Malt Hill , Warfield, RG42 6JQ
Planning appeal 3321872 at Land at Malt Hill , Warfield, RG42 6JQ (Bracknell Forest Borough Council) was allowed on 26 January 2024 by Inspector Rawle S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the retention of disputed condition 4 is necessary or reasonable having regard to the effect of the development on the Green Belt, including openness and the other purposes of including land within it.
Erection of agricultural livestock barn
- Authority
- Bracknell Forest Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Rawle S
- Postcode
- RG42 6JQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the retention of disputed condition 4 is necessary or reasonable having regard to the effect of the development on the Green Belt, including openness and the other purposes of including land within it
- Whether the retention of disputed condition 4 is necessary or reasonable having regard to the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The disputed condition requiring demolition of a building clearly intended to be permanent fails the test of reasonableness under NPPF paragraph 56 and Planning Practice Guidance, and there is no evidence of exceptional circumstances justifying such a restriction.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB1Policy CS9
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 56
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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