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Allowed18 August 20253352791

Shottesbrooke Hill Farm , Drift Road , Maidenhead , SL6 3ST

Planning appeal 3352791 at Shottesbrooke Hill Farm , Drift Road , Maidenhead , SL6 3ST (Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead) was allowed on 18 August 2025 by Inspector Watson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

the construction of a permanent rural workers dwelling with associated parking and access

Authority
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Watson S
Postcode
SL6 3ST

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
  • The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
  • Whether the proposal would comply with the Council's climate change strategy
  • 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 demonstration of an essential need for a rural worker to live permanently at the farm, supported by evidence of business viability and livestock welfare requirements, provided very special circumstances that clearly outweighed the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and loss of openness.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy QP5Policy SP2
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 84Paragraph 142Paragraph 153Paragraph 154

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