Hundreds of homes given go-ahead after appeal

Image source, Google/Timo Newton-Syms

Image caption, The homes at Spencer's Farm were given the go-ahead by the planning inspector

Developers have got the go-ahead to build up to 330 homes after an appeal was successful.

Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) councillors denied permission to build at Spencer's Farm, north of Lutman Lane, in Maidenhead last July.

The outline plans include allocating land for a new primary school.

But planning inspector Thomas Hatfield granted IM Land 1 Limited and Summerleaze Limited .

Mr Hatfield said it was 鈥渃learly necessary鈥 to build affordable homes on the site to meet the town鈥檚 needs and to comply with RBWM Council鈥檚 Local Plan.

The plan was formally adopted by the council in February 2022 and allocates Spencer's Farm for housing.

Some opponents of the scheme argued vacant homes in Maidenhead could be reused and render the new development unnecessary.

But Mr Hatfield said there was 鈥渘o evidence鈥 to suggest that could be a 鈥済enuine source of additional supply鈥 of homes.

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