®Planning appeal decision
Banhams Farm, Forest Green Road, Fifield, MAIDENHEAD, SL6 2NR
Outline application with all matters reserved except access for a single self-build and custom housebuilding residential dwelling
- Authority
- Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Catcheside E
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- its effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- its effect on protected species
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by way of inappropriateness and loss of openness is not clearly outweighed by the moderate cumulative weight of benefits from self-build delivery and housing supply contribution, such that very special circumstances do not exist to justify the development.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by way of inappropriateness and loss of openness was not clearly outweighed by the moderate cumulative weight of benefits from self-build housing delivery and contribution to housing supply, resulting in the dismissal of the appeal.
Framework references: 11, 154
Plan policies cited: Policy QP5, Policy NR2
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.