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Dismissed8 January 20263355500

Tranquillity Keep, Ridgemead Road, Englefield Green, Egham, TW20 0YD

Planning appeal 3355500 at Tranquillity Keep, Ridgemead Road, Englefield Green, Egham, TW20 0YD (Rushmoor Borough Council) was dismissed on 8 January 2026 by Inspector Oyebade A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

erection of a new two-storey 5-bedroom detached residential dwelling and a detached triple garage following the demolition of the existing detached residential dwelling

Authority
Rushmoor Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Oyebade A
Postcode
TW20 0YD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
  • the effect on the openness of the Green Belt
  • the effect on the mature tree on the appeal site and protected species in the area
  • the effect on flood risk in the locality
  • whether the harm arising by reason of inappropriateness, together with any other identified harm, would be clearly outweighed by other material considerations to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposed development

What decided it

The proposal would cause substantial harm to the openness of the Green Belt through its materially larger size and visual prominence, and this harm is not clearly outweighed by other material considerations to constitute very special circumstances.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy EE14Policy EE9Policy EE11Policy EE13
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 142Paragraph 153Paragraph 154

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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