®Planning appeal decision
Maidenhead Office Park, Westacott Way, Maidenhead, SL6 3QH
described as, ‘outline application for access only to be considered at this stage with all other matters to be reserved for demolition of the existing buildings and redevelopment of the site for industrial and logistics use within Use Classes E(G)(iii), B2 and B8, with surface car parking, landscaping, and associated works
- Authority
- Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- employment-industrial · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Sabu R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- 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 other considerations relied on by the appellant did not clearly outweigh the substantial Green Belt harm, so very special circumstances were not established.
substantial weight attached to Green Belt harm (inappropriateness, spatial and visual openness harm, conflict with two Green Belt purposes) was not clearly outweighed by significant weight given to I&L need/economic benefits and moderate weight given to sustainability and biodiversity net gain, so the balance tipped against the proposal
Framework references: 142, 143, 152, 154, 155, 85, 87
Plan policies cited: Policy QP5, BLP Policy ED2
Judgments cited: Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin); R (on the application of Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) and others) (Respondents) v North Yorkshire County Council (Appellant) [2020] UKSC 3
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.