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Notice varied and upheld8 January 20253273724

Maleficent Meadows, Baulking Lane, Baulking, SN7 8NR

Planning appeal 3273724 at Maleficent Meadows, Baulking Lane, Baulking, SN7 8NR (Vale of White Horse District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 8 January 2025 by Inspector Freer P, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the stationing of caravans for residential use is appropriate in this location.

the change of use of former mineral workings land to a combined pedigree dog and cat breeding facility including the stationing of a temporary dwelling and associated development including, installing a Klargester tank and hardstanding, for use by Traveller family. Summary

Authority
Vale of White Horse District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector
Freer P
Postcode
SN7 8NR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the stationing of caravans for residential use is appropriate in this location
  • the effect of the development, if any, on the character and appearance of the area
  • whether the development would have a harmful effect on ecology, resulting in a net loss of biodiversity

What decided it

The cumulative and unmitigable harm to the valued landscape/setting of the North Wessex Downs National Landscape and to the biodiversity of the adjoining Local Wildlife Site outweighed the benefits and personal circumstances relied upon by the appellant.

The substantial harms to the character and appearance of a valued landscape and National Landscape setting, the significant/substantial harm to the ecology of the LWS, the conflict with the plan-led spatial strategy, and the intentional unauthorised development outweighed the benefits of a settled base, the lack of a demonstrable 5-year supply of Traveller sites, and the personal/Article 8 circumstances of the appellant and his family, such that permanent, part and temporary planning permission were all refused.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Core Policy 3Core Policy 4Core Policy 27Core Policy 28Core Policy 37Core Policy 44Core Policy 46Development Policy D1Development Policy DP6Policy H2BPolicy H3
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 8Paragraph 11Paragraph 17Paragraph 33Paragraph 84Paragraph 187Paragraph 189Paragraph 193
Judgments
Hunter v SSLUHC and Buckinghamshire [2023] EWHC 1068 (Admin); Chapman v UK 33 EHRR 399; Wychavon DC v SoSCLG and Butler [2008] EWCA Civ692; R on the application of Tracey Holland and Jim Smith v SSCLG and Taunton Deane BC [2009] EWHC 2161 (Admin); Reigate and Banstead Council v SSLUHC (CO/4463/2022); Smith v SSLUHC & Others [2022] EWCA Civ 1391; Angela Smith v Doncaster MBC [2007] EWHC 1034 (Admin); R (oao) East Sussex CC v SSCLG [2009] EWHC 3841 (Admin)

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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