Crown Farm, Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, SL4 6PG

laying of hardstanding and use for open storage and parking

Authority: Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Barton P

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 proposals constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing significant harm to openness, and the cumulative harms regarding flood risk, protected species and climate change, combined with limited benefits, do not amount to very special circumstances necessary to justify the development.

Framework references: 11, 143, 153, 154, 155, 125

Plan policies cited: Policy QP5, Policy NR1, Policy NR2, Policy SP2, Policy QP1, Policy ED1

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Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
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