®Planning appeal decision
Mount Apollo, Mounts Hill, Winkfield, SL4 4RH
redevelopment of builders yard to provide 4no. dwellings together with change of use of paddock land to residential curtilage. Provision of car ports, bin store and cycle store
- Authority
- Bracknell Forest Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Conde L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the development plan and the Framework, including the effect upon the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- whether the 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 proposal would cause substantial harm to the openness of the Green Belt as inappropriate development, and the matters put forward do not clearly outweigh this harm to constitute very special circumstances.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness was not clearly outweighed by the limited socio-economic benefits, limited biodiversity benefits, or any visual improvements, and the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply because Green Belt protection policies provide a clear reason for refusal.
Framework references: 11, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Local Plan Policy LP 34, Policy W1 of the Neighbourhood Plan, Local Plan Policy LP 28
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.