land at Braywick Leisure Centre, Braywick Park, Windsor, Berkshire, SL6 1BN

Part change of use of the car park to a Car Valet business with associated washing and drying equipment, office, canopies over, drainage, lighting and signage

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

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal 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 proposal on surface water flood risk

What decided it

The proposal qualifies as an exception under NPPF paragraph 154(g) as partial redevelopment of previously developed land that would cause only moderate rather than substantial harm to Green Belt openness, and surface water flood risk can be adequately managed through a pre-commencement drainage condition.

Framework references: 154, 181, 182, 57

Plan policies cited: Policy QP5, Policy NR1

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