Oakley Cottage, Oakley Green Road,, Windsor, SL4 4QF

Planning appeal 3345958 at Oakley Cottage, Oakley Green Road,, Windsor, SL4 4QF (Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead) was dismissed on 14 February 2025 by Inspector Smith D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the works are inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to national and local policy.

retention of roof extension and alterations to existing garage

Authority: Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Smith D
Postcode: SL4 4QF

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the works are inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to national and local policy
If so, whether other considerations clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt and any other harm so as to amount to very special circumstances

What decided it

The disproportionate nature of the cumulative additions to the original building, combined with the requirement that other considerations must clearly outweigh harm to the Green Belt, meant that the appellant's substantial but not decisive pandemic-related justification could not overcome the high threshold for very special circumstances.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy QP5
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 143Paragraph 154Paragraph 155

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