Planning appeal decision
Crown Farm, Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, SL4 6PG
Planning appeal 6001559 at Crown Farm, Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, SL4 6PG (Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead) was dismissed on 10 February 2026 by Inspector Barton P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal schemes would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
laying of hardstanding and use for open storage and parking
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Barton P
- Postcode
- SL4 6PG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal schemes would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the appeal schemes on flood risk
- the effect of the appeal schemes on protected species
- whether the appeal schemes comply with the adopted policies relating to climate change
- whether other considerations clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt and any other harm as to amount to very special circumstances
What decided it
The developments are inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing significant harm to openness, and the other considerations do not provide sufficient weight to clearly outweigh this substantial harm and other identified harms to amount to very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy QP5Policy NR1Policy NR2Policy SP2Policy QP1Policy ED1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 143Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 125
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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