®Planning appeal decision
Pound Lane Cottage, Pound Lane, Hurst, RG10 0RS
change of use of land to a mixed use comprising of agriculture (keeping of goats) and storage of building materials together with the erection of 2no. storage buildings
- Authority
- Wokingham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- employment-industrial
- Postcode
- RG10 0RS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the builder's contractor yard would be in an appropriate location with regard to local development plan policies for a builder's storage yard
- Whether the builder's contractor yard would be in a suitable location with regard to access to alternative transport
- The effect of the builder's contractor yard on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The proposal introduces a commercial storage use that is not countryside-dependent and does not meet Policy CP11 criteria for development beyond settlement limits, and the site's poor accessibility to public transport and reliance on private vehicle use conflicts with development plan policies promoting sustainable transport choices.
Framework references: 89
Plan policies cited: Policy CP11, Policy CP15, Policy CP6, Policy CP1, Policy CP3, Policy CC01, Policy CC02, Policy CC03, Policy TB21
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.