A government inspector has overruled a council decision to block a two-storey house from being built in a back garden.

Slough Borough Council refused planning permission for proposals to build the house behind 47 The Myrke in Datchet in December last year.

Planning officers said the house would be ‘cramped and an overdevelopment of the site that would not reflect the character of long established development'.

The council had already refused planning permission for similar proposals in August last year. Its officers said the new designs did ‘not overcome or address’ the reason the previous plans had been refused.

But a government planning inspector disagreed. Government inspector Rebecca McAndrew said the smaller, simplified design with more space between it and neighbouring houses made the new application acceptable.

She said: “The house has been reduced in length by one metre and in width by 0.9 metres. This would provide a larger buffer between the proposed dwelling and the rear garden of No.49 The Myrke.

“This set back, albeit small, coupled with the space which would be retained between the boundary and the neighbouring dwelling would ensure the appeal scheme would not look cramped.

She added: “The proposed rectangular footprint would give rise to a simpler and more conventional dwelling form than the previously proposed larger irregular footprint.

“All of this would ensure the appeal proposal would sit more comfortably within the plot than the previous scheme and would not represent overdevelopment.”