Skylarks, Maidens Green, Winkfield, Windsor, SL4 4SJ

Planning appeal 3323109 at Skylarks, Maidens Green, Winkfield, Windsor, SL4 4SJ (Bracknell Forest Borough Council) was dismissed on 8 March 2024 by Inspector Wilkinson H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

the erection of a single storey detached Hydrotherapy Pool

Authority: Bracknell Forest Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Householder developments
Inspector: Wilkinson H
Postcode: SL4 4SJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
if the proposal is inappropriate development, whether the resulting harm and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the proposal

What decided it

The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no exception applying under NPPF paragraph 154, and the health and wellbeing benefits, whilst given great weight, do not clearly outweigh the substantial harm from inappropriateness and limited harm to openness.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy CS9Policy GB1
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 154

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