®Planning appeal decision
Banham Farm, Forest Green Road, Fifield, Maidenhead, SL6 2NR
Planning appeal 6005282 at Banham Farm, Forest Green Road, Fifield, Maidenhead, SL6 2NR (Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead) was dismissed on 26 May 2026 by Inspector Brennan P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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, including the effect upon the openness of the Green Belt.
a new self-build dwelling
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Brennan P
- Postcode
- SL6 2NR
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, including the effect upon the openness of the Green Belt
- whether adequate information has been submitted to demonstrate that the proposal can deliver the requirements and commitments towards climate change and whether this would be delivered by an appropriate mechanism
- whether adequate information has been submitted to demonstrate the proposal would meet the requirements for self-build housing and/or Biodiversity Net Gain and whether this would be delivered by an appropriate mechanism
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt with moderate harm to openness, and the very special circumstances necessary to justify it do not exist because the benefits do not clearly outweigh the harm.
The moderate benefits of housing delivery and self-build provision do not clearly outweigh the substantial harm caused by inappropriate development in the Green Belt and moderate harm to openness, and the proposal fails to accord with climate change and biodiversity net gain requirements.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy QP5Policy SP2Policy EP1Policy NR2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 73Paragraph 110Paragraph 142Paragraph 143Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155
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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