®Planning appeal decision
Plot R/O - 92 Albert Road, Caversham, Reading , Berkshire, RG4 7PL
Planning appeal 3376303 at Plot R/O - 92 Albert Road, Caversham, Reading , Berkshire, RG4 7PL (Reading Borough Council) was dismissed on 7 May 2026 by Inspector Murphy S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would secure acceptable living conditions for future occupiers with regard to outside private amenity space.
erection of a detached dwelling
- Authority
- Reading Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Murphy S
- Postcode
- RG4 7PL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would secure acceptable living conditions for future occupiers with regard to outside private amenity space
- whether the proposal would make adequate provision for BNG
- the effect of the proposal on trees; including protected trees
- whether the proposal adequately secures affordable housing
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area with particular regard to scale, plot coverage, and layout
What decided it
The adverse impacts from inadequate private amenity space, unresolved biodiversity net gain, pressure on protected trees, and lack of affordable housing contributions significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits of one additional dwelling.
The adverse impacts from inadequate private amenity space, insufficient biodiversity net gain provision, pressure on protected trees, and lack of affordable housing contributions significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits of delivering one additional dwelling and associated economic benefits, when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CC8Policy H10Policy EN12Policy EN14Policy H3Policy CC9Policy CC7Policy H11
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 96Paragraph 124Paragraph 135Paragraph 139Paragraph 187Paragraph 193Paragraph 203Paragraph 205
- Judgments
- Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin)
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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