®Planning appeal decision
Mare Lane Farm, Howe Lane, Binfield, BRACKNELL, RG42 5QP
Erection of a commercial barn building, for a mix of agriculture storage & operations (sui generis), and office and retail space (use Class E), with associated parking, following demolition of previous barn building (retrospective)’. Formal
- Authority
- Bracknell Forest Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- employment-industrial · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- King T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal represents inappropriate development in the Green Belt, affecting its openness or whether the land can be considered as grey belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework
- Whether any adverse traffic impacts resulting from the development can be mitigated by way of the imposition of planning conditions and s106 obligations
- if it is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The comprehensive conditions and s106 obligations were found to provide adequate mitigation such that the economic and other benefits clearly outweighed the Green Belt and other harm, amounting to very special circumstances.
the harm by reason of inappropriateness and other harm to the Green Belt was outweighed by other considerations, including economic benefits and mitigation secured by conditions and the s106 agreement, amounting to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
Framework references: 153, 154, 155, 143, 116, 115, 85, 88, 89, 124, 125
Plan policies cited: LP34, LP policies 25, 26, 60 and 62
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.