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Allowed9 July 20266002609

Former Highway House, Norreys Drive, Maidenhead, SL6 4FL

Planning appeal 6002609 at Former Highway House, Norreys Drive, Maidenhead, SL6 4FL (Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead) was allowed on 9 July 2026 by Inspector A O'Neill, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would provide suitable living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to the site's location, air quality, pedestrian safety, the layout of accommodation and outdoor amenity space.

construction of a care home with associated works including car parking, landscaping and provision of amenity space

Authority
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Appeal type
Planning
Procedure
Written
Development
community-institutional
Inspector
A O'Neill
Postcode
SL6 4FL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposal would provide suitable living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to the site's location, air quality, pedestrian safety, the layout of accommodation and outdoor amenity space
  • whether the proposal makes an effective use of land

What decided it

The Council's acceptance of the appellant's marketing evidence justifying loss of employment land removed the primary objection to the site's location, allowing the Inspector to assess the proposal on its merits as meeting identified care needs whilst making effective use of brownfield land.

The positive contribution to meeting identified care needs and employment generation, combined with satisfactory living conditions and effective use of brownfield land, outweighed the Council's concerns about the site location and housing land supply, with no conflict with the development plan as a whole.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy ED2Policy EP2Policy QP3Policy IF2
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 58Paragraph 124Paragraph 125Paragraph 198

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