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Planning permission granted6 December 20213268454

The Stables, At Os Parcel 3873, Main Street, Great Bourton, Cropredy, Oxfordshire, OX17 1QU

Planning appeal 3268454 at The Stables, At Os Parcel 3873, Main Street, Great Bourton, Cropredy, Oxfordshire, OX17 1QU (Cherwell District Council) was allowed on 6 December 2021 by Inspector Shields T, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect on the character and appearance of the area/natural environment.

Change of use of land to use as a caravan site accommodating one mobile home type caravan, with associated parking and storage of motor vehicles/trailer, storage of touring caravans, and associated domestic paraphernalia

Authority
Cherwell District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
caravan-gypsy · Major traveller and caravan pitches
Inspector
Shields T
Postcode
OX17 1QU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect on the character and appearance of the area/natural environment
  • whether there would be any unacceptable noise disturbance to occupiers of the site
  • whether there would be an unacceptable risk of flooding
  • whether the site is sustainably located
  • the provision of and need for gypsy and traveller sites in the area

What decided it

The Inspector found no harm on any of the identified main issues and an urgent, pressing shortfall of gypsy and traveller pitches, leading to a finding that the proposal accorded with the development plan as a whole.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy BSC 6Policy ESD 13Policy ESD 15Policy ESD 6saved Policy C8saved Policy C28saved Policy ENV1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 105Paragraph 2

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