Land at The Crown Public House, Horton Road, Horton , Slough , SL3 9NU

Planning appeal 3354662 at Land at The Crown Public House, Horton Road, Horton , Slough , SL3 9NU (Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 20 August 2025 by Inspector Hand S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the rear door and staircase already existed and have merely been replaced (ground c).

Without planning permission, the material change of use from a drinking establishment to a mixed use comprising drinking establishment and airport parking; with facilitating operational development comprising fencing and a hardsurface

Authority: Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: community-institutional · Other Major Developments
Inspector: Hand S
Postcode: SL3 9NU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the rear door and staircase already existed and have merely been replaced (ground c)
Whether the two windows inserted in the side wall constitute a contravention of planning control (ground a)

What decided it

The two windows inserted in the side wall caused less than substantial harm to the listed building by altering its traditional functional appearance and causing loss of historic fabric, with no offsetting public benefits.

The marginal benefit of providing poor natural light to upper floor rooms did not outweigh the less than substantial harm caused to the listed building's character through loss of historic fabric and alteration of its traditional functional appearance.

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