Plans to build 10 new homes and create five flats on Green Belt land in Horton have been earmarked for refusal over their potential impact on the countryside.

The proposals would see an existing house split into five flats alongside the construction of 10 detached and semi-detached homes.

It is set to be brought before the Windsor and Ascot Development Management Committee next week.

However, officers are recommending that planning permission be refused, deeming that there are insufficient grounds for such a development to be built on the Green Belt.

The planning officers’ report reads: “The proposed development is considered to represent inappropriate development in the Green Belt for which there are no very special circumstances which outweigh the harm through inappropriateness and the other harm identified in this report.

“Aside from the harm to the Green Belt, that the NPPF instructs should be given substantial weight, the development would also create a significant urbanising impact on this rural location, detracting from the wider village setting and nearby heritage assets.”

They added that this factor “significantly and demonstrably outweighs” any benefits that the development would bring to the area.

The plans included provision of eight semi-detached houses and two fully detached. All of the new buildings would be two storeys high.

Three of the proposed flats would have one bedroom, while the other two would have two. The houses would range from two to four bedrooms.

It will be deliberated by councillors on Thursday, December 7.

To find out more about this planning application, visit RBWM’s planning portal with the reference 23/01387/FULL.