®Planning appeal decision
Banham Farm, Forest Green Road, Fifield, Maidenhead, SL6 2NR
a new self-build dwelling
- Authority
- Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Brennan P
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.
Framework references: 11, 73, 110, 142, 143, 153, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy QP5, Policy SP2, Policy EP1, Policy NR2
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.