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Allowed15 December 20253364859

Former Willow Tree Public House, 62 Station Road, Langley, SL3 8BT

Planning appeal 3364859 at Former Willow Tree Public House, 62 Station Road, Langley, SL3 8BT (Slough Borough Council) was allowed on 15 December 2025 by Inspector Wilders B, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether occupiers of the development have been provided with acceptable living conditions having particular regard to privacy and noise and disturbance.

Part 1, Part-2, Part-3, Part-4 and Part 5-storey building containing 51 flats (Use Class C3) together with associated lift overrun and roof access, refuse storage, cycle parking and landscaping works, plus cycle storage, green roof, photovoltaic panels, electric charging infrastructure, a door replacing a window on the refuse store, and further landscaping works

Authority
Slough Borough Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Wilders B
Postcode
SL3 8BT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether occupiers of the development have been provided with acceptable living conditions having particular regard to privacy and noise and disturbance
  • the effect of the development on the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties having particular regard to privacy and outlook
  • whether the design of the development and its effect on the character and appearance of the area is acceptable

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance under paragraph 11(d), and the substantial weight given to housing and affordable housing delivery outweighed the identified harms.

The significant harm to the living conditions of occupiers of Flat 10 and the limited harm to neighbouring occupiers' privacy were outweighed by the substantial weight attached to housing delivery and off-site affordable housing provision, together with moderate weight to biodiversity, environmental, economic and financial contribution benefits, such that the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CP8Policy CP1Policy CP4Policy CP7Policy CP10saved policy EN1saved policy H14
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 58

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