- Decision
- allowed, 2 September 2026
- Decided by
- Planning Inspector: E Everitt
- Authority
- West Berkshire (South East)
- Appeal reference
- 6009448
- Application reference
- 26/00212/FUL
- Procedure
- written representations
- Development
- s73 to remove SuDS, external lighting and landscaping conditions on retrospective B8 storage permission
- Site context
- open countryside, listed building setting
- Green Belt
- No
- Framework applied
- August 2026 NPPF
- Determinative policies
- DM6(1), West Berkshire LPR SP6
- Development plan policies
- West Berkshire Local Plan Review 2023-2041 SP6, SP7, SP8, SP10, DM5, DM30
- Main issues
- flood risk and water quality; character; neighbour amenity
Summary
In a s73 appeal on an industrial-estate B8 permission, the SuDS condition was kept, the lighting condition was re-triggered to apply only if lighting is proposed, and the landscaping condition was deleted. The existing screening was not under threat, and new planting was not necessary even though DP3 and N3 aspire to it (DL ¶¶15, 19, 22–24).
What made the difference
There was no evidence on how the storage use drains or controls pollutants, so the SuDS condition was necessary (DL ¶11). The landscaping was disproportionate to a change of use on a small part of an existing estate (DL ¶23).
Policy findings
Policy codes are those of the National Planning Policy Framework (August 2026) unless a development plan is named.
| Policy | Finding | Weight | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| F8 | fail | SuDS condition retained — no evidence on drainage or pollutant control for plant/material storage (DL 7-15), under SP6 | |
| DM6(1) | pass | lighting condition re-triggered to "prior to installation"; landscaping condition deleted as unnecessary (DL 17-29) | |
| DP3 | neutral | additional planting would accord with DP3 and N3 aspirations but is not necessary to make development acceptable (DL 22) | |
| N3 | neutral | as above (DL 22) |
Key facts
- Retrospective B8 on long-standing hardstanding; Flood Zone 1; AWE Aldermaston emergency plan conditions
- Existing boundary vegetation screens grade II 48-49 Paices Hill; Aldermaston Court RPG unaffected
Sources
This note is one of the decisions behind the NPPF 2026 Navigator, which shows how each Framework test has been applied across all the decisions in the database. Also available as Markdown.