®Planning appeal decision
Toll Lodge Farm, London Road, Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, OX9 7AZ
Planning appeal 3271189 at Toll Lodge Farm, London Road, Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, OX9 7AZ (South Oxfordshire District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 4 February 2022 by Inspector Russell J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site, being within open countryside, is a suitable location for the alleged mixed use.
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
- Postcode
- OX9 7AZ
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- SOLP Policy STRAT1SOLP Policy EMP10SOLP Policy ENV1SOLP Policy DES1SOLP Policy DES2SOLP Policy ENV3SOLP Policy ENV2SOLP Policy ENV12TNP Policy TET1TNP Policy TET3TNP Policy TET8
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 84Paragraph 85
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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