®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to 4 Oakhurst, Maidenhead, Berks, SL6 8HU
1no. new dwelling with attached garage, bin and cycle store, hardstanding, new dropped kerb and boundary treatment
- Authority
- Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Billings C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
- the effect of the proposed development on highway safety
- the effect of the proposed development on biodiversity
- the effect of the proposed development on flooding
- the effect of the proposed development on climate change
What decided it
The site's location in Flood Zone 3 at highest risk of flooding, combined with the failure to properly apply the sequential and exception tests required by the Framework, provided a strong reason for refusal that outweighed the limited benefits of delivering one additional dwelling in an area with a housing supply shortfall.
The limited social and economic benefits of one additional dwelling in an area with a 4.47-year housing supply were outweighed by the significant harms to character and appearance, highway safety, biodiversity, flood risk and climate change mitigation, and the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply due to the high flood risk location.
Framework references: 7
Plan policies cited: Policy QP3, Policy NR3, Policy IF2, Policy NR2, Policy NR1, Policy SP2, Policy EP1
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.