®Planning appeal decision
Milcote, Kings Ride, Ascot, SL5 8AB
redevelopment of the site to provide 10 residential apartments with basement parking, refuse storage, reuse of existing access and landscaping following demolition of existing buildings
- Authority
- Bracknell Forest Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Thandi B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to relevant development plan policies and the Framework
- The impact upon ancient woodland and trees
- Whether a planning obligation is required to make the proposal acceptable in planning terms
What decided it
The absence of a completed planning obligation to secure biodiversity net gain, affordable housing, open space and community facilities, combined with insufficient evidence that the proposed access would not unduly compromise the health of prominent trees, meant the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits.
The modest housing supply benefit and moderate social and economic benefits were outweighed by significant harm to trees and the absence of planning obligation mitigation, such that the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits under paragraph 11(d) of the Framework.
Framework references: 11, 154, 193
Plan policies cited: BFLP Policy LP34, RBWMBLP Policy QP1, RBWMBLP Policy QP3, RBWMBLP Policy NR3, RBWMBLP Policy NR2, BFLP Policy LP16, BFLP Policy LP44, BFLP Policy LP45, BFLP Policy LP53
Judgments cited: Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin); Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment [JPL, 1982, P37]
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