®Planning appeal decision
Land at Wych Elms , Oakley Green Road, Oakley Green, Berkshire, SL4 4QF
Planning appeal 3327708 at Land at Wych Elms , Oakley Green Road, Oakley Green, Berkshire, SL4 4QF (Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead) was dismissed on 10 May 2024 by Inspector Cuthbert L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would represent inappropriate development in the Green Belt, taking into account the purposes of including land within it.
Erection of single-dwellinghouse (infill development)
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Cuthbert L
- Postcode
- SL4 4QF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would represent inappropriate development in the Green Belt, taking into account the purposes of including land within it
- the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- whether the proposal complies with adopted policy having regard to climate change
- if the proposal is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The proposal represents inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would erode openness, and the moderate weight afforded to housing delivery, self-build provision, and other benefits does not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt necessary to establish very special circumstances.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and erosion of openness was not clearly outweighed by moderate weight benefits including housing delivery, self-build provision, and biodiversity net gain, therefore very special circumstances do not exist.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy QP5Policy SP2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 142Paragraph 153Paragraph 11Paragraph 7Paragraph 8Paragraph 14
- Judgments
- Julian Wood v The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Gravesham Borough Council [2015] EWCA Civ 195; R (Tate) v Northumberland CC [2018] EWCA Civ 1519; Dartford Borough Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2016] EWHC Civ 635; Mansell v Tonbridge and Malling BC & others [2017] EWCA Civ 1314
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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