®Planning appeal decision
Land at Lands End House, Beggars Hill Road, Twyford, Berkshire, RG10 0UD
single detached dwelling
- Authority
- Wokingham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Tucker A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development; with particular regard to its effect on the character and appearance of the area including landscape character, its location and accessibility to services and facilities, and its effect on protected trees
What decided it
The lack of robust assessment of the impact on the veteran oak, combined with the strong protection afforded to irreplaceable habitats under paragraph 193(c) of the Framework, provided a strong reason for refusal that engaged the exception to the tilted balance in paragraph 11(d).
The benefits of housing delivery and modest economic benefits were outweighed by the harmful effects on character and appearance, unsustainable location, and unresolved risk to a protected veteran tree; the exception in paragraph 11(d) for irreplaceable habitats applied.
Framework references: 11, 73, 193
Plan policies cited: CP1, CP3, CP6, CP11, CC01, CC02, CC03, TB06, TB21
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