®Planning appeal decision
Lawnfield House Westmorland Road, Maidenhead, SL6 4HB
Planning appeal 3373207 at Lawnfield House Westmorland Road, Maidenhead, SL6 4HB (Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead) was allowed on 16 December 2025 by Inspector Burley P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the appeal scheme on the non-designated heritage asset (NDHA) on the appeal site.
‘full application for the proposed construction of a residential care home (Use Class C2) comprising access, parking, landscaping and associated works, following demolition of existing buildings on the site’
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Burley P
- Postcode
- SL6 4HB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the appeal scheme on the non-designated heritage asset (NDHA) on the appeal site
- the effect on trees
- the effect of the appeal scheme on the character and appearance of the area
- highways, with particular regard to parking
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, combined with the clear need for specialist Class C2 accommodation and the public benefits of the scheme, outweighed the less than substantial harm to listed building settings and the total loss of the non-designated heritage asset.
The less than substantial harm to the settings of two listed buildings and the total loss of significance of the non-designated heritage asset were outweighed by the significant positive weight given to Class C2 accommodation provision on previously-developed land in the context of a shortfall in housing land supply, the moderate weight given to meeting specialist accommodation need, the biodiversity net gain, and job creation, such that planning permission should be granted under paragraph 11(d)(ii) of the Framework.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy HE1Policy NR2Policy QP3Policy IF2Policy HO5Draft Policy BH-4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 116Paragraph 215Paragraph 216
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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