®Planning appeal decision
Lawnfield House Westmorland Road, MAIDENHEAD, SL6 4HB
‘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’
- Authority
- Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Burley P
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.
Framework references: 11, 116, 215, 216
Plan policies cited: Policy HE1, Policy NR2, Policy QP3, Policy IF2, Policy HO5, Draft Policy BH-4
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.