®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to Verona Apartments, 50 Wellington Street, Slough, SL1 1YL
redevelopment of site to provide a residential building (Use Class C3) comprising 29 apartments with associated infrastructure, demolition, landscaping, drainage, car parking, cycle parking and ancillary works
- Authority
- Slough Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Owen A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development would be required to provide financial contributions towards affordable housing, local infrastructure and to mitigate any impact on the integrity of the Burnham Beeches Special Area of Conservation (SAC), and if so whether a suitable mechanism to secure that has been provided
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- whether the proposal would prejudice the future development of adjacent land
What decided it
The failure to complete a s.106 agreement to secure affordable housing, education, open space and SAC mitigation contributions meant the development could not proceed without conflicting with the development plan.
The substantial benefits of housing delivery (addressing a 2.5-year supply shortfall), town centre location, and economic benefits were outweighed by the conflict with the development plan arising from the absence of a completed mechanism to secure required contributions and ecological mitigation.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Core Policy 4, Core Policy 10, Core Policy 9, Core Policy 8, Policy EN1, Local Plan policy H9
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.