®Planning appeal decision
Toll Lodge Farm, London Road, Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, OX9 7AZ
without planning permission, the material change of use of the Land from paddock land to a mixed use of paddock land and storage of building materials and machinery including creation of hard surfacing and earth bunds. The area in which the alleged breach of planning control is considered to be taking place is shown edged and hatched in blue on the Plan [attached to the notice]
- Authority
- South Oxfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Russell J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site, being within open countryside, is a suitable location for the alleged mixed use
- The effect of the alleged mixed use and the additional hardstanding and bunds on the character and appearance of the surrounding rural area
- The effect of the use and works on protected species
- Whether the use and works are liable to cause unacceptable ground contamination
- Whether the use and works ought to be considered as intentional unauthorised development
What decided it
The storage use causes unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the surrounding rural area which cannot be justified by the fallback position of the 2014 permission for equestrian use, and there is insufficient evidence to demonstrate that impacts on protected species can be adequately mitigated.
Framework references: 84, 85
Plan policies cited: SOLP Policy STRAT1, SOLP Policy EMP10, SOLP Policy ENV1, SOLP Policy DES1, SOLP Policy DES2, SOLP Policy ENV3, SOLP Policy ENV2, SOLP Policy ENV12, TNP Policy TET1, TNP Policy TET3, TNP Policy TET8
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