®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to 300 Kings Road, Reading , RG1 4HP
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
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
Framework references: 57
Plan policies cited: Policy H3, Policy CC9, Policy H5, Policy H2, Policy CC3
Judgments cited: Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL 1982 P37]; Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin)
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.