Hill Copse Parkers Lane, Maidens Green, BRACKNELL, RG42 6LE

Demolition of existing dwelling and change of use of the curtilage of the property as an extension to the long existing caravan site, High Pines, comprising a small addition of 10 residential caravans to the existing 65 that are existing

Authority: Bracknell Forest Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector: Aqbal M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt in terms of the Framework and development plan policy
The implications of the proposal in respect of trees
The effect of the proposal on highway safety
The effect of the proposal on protected species

What decided it

The cumulative harm from uncertainty regarding tree protection and compatibility with the development, combined with incomplete bat surveys and failure to demonstrate exceptional circumstances for post-permission ecological assessment, attracted substantial weight that significantly and demonstrably outweighed the moderate benefits of housing delivery.

The substantial harm associated with trees, landscaping and protected species conflicts with development plan policies, which align with the Framework, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the moderate benefits of housing delivery and economic activity, resulting in dismissal of the appeal.

Framework references: 11, 99, 110, 115, 155, 156, 157

Plan policies cited: Policy LP 34, Policy LP 54, Policy LP 25, Policy LP 53

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