Moorlands Farm, Murcott, Kidlington, OX5 2RE

Planning appeal 3270091 at Moorlands Farm, Murcott, Kidlington, OX5 2RE (Cherwell District Council) was dismissed on 15 July 2021 by Inspector Longmuir J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Oxford Green Belt and the effect on openness.

demolition of existing agricultural buildings and erection of three dwellings

Authority: Cherwell District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Longmuir J
Postcode: OX5 2RE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Oxford Green Belt and the effect on openness
whether any harm to the Green Belt would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to very special circumstances
the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The substantial harm to the Green Belt by way of inappropriateness and loss of openness, to which paragraph 133 of the Framework requires great importance to be attached, was not clearly outweighed by the social and economic benefits of the proposal.

the benefits of the proposal, including social and economic benefits, did not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt by way of inappropriateness and loss of openness

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy ESD 14Policy ESD 13Policy ESD 15Policy C28Policy C30
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 145Paragraph 134Paragraph 133Paragraph 127Paragraph 130

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