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Dismissed3 February 20253335978

Mount Apollo, Mounts Hill, Winkfield, SL4 4RH

Planning appeal 3335978 at Mount Apollo, Mounts Hill, Winkfield, SL4 4RH (Bracknell Forest Borough Council) was dismissed on 3 February 2025 by Inspector Conde L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.

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
Postcode
SL4 4RH

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Local Plan Policy LP 34Policy W1 of the Neighbourhood PlanLocal Plan Policy LP 28
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 154Paragraph 155

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