Land Adjacent to 300 Kings Road, Reading , RG1 4HP

Planning appeal 3335887 at Land Adjacent to 300 Kings Road, Reading , RG1 4HP (Reading Borough Council) was allowed on 21 May 2024 by Inspector Conde L, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would make adequate provision for affordable housing.

construction of a part five part three storey building of 14 residential apartments (C3) and associated under croft car parking

Authority: Reading Borough Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Conde L
Postcode: RG1 4HP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed development would make adequate provision for affordable housing
Whether the proposed development would make adequate provision towards social and economic infrastructure
Whether the proposed development would make adequate provision towards carbon off-setting measures
Whether the proposed development would provide an appropriate mix of housing to meet identified needs

What decided it

The completed Section 106 agreement, informed by the appellant's viability evidence, adequately secured affordable housing (via a late-stage review), infrastructure and carbon off-setting contributions, allowing the scheme to be found in overall accordance with the development plan.

the proposal was found to accord with the development plan as a whole, with no material considerations indicating a decision should be taken otherwise

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy H3Policy CC9Policy H5Policy H2Policy CC3
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 57
Judgments: Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL 1982 P37]; Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin)

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