®Planning appeal decision
Land at 26 Wheatley Road, Garsington, OX44 9ER
Without planning permission the demolition of an existing garage building, retaining wall and parapet and the construction of various operations comprising 1) a concrete retaining wall on the alignment shown coloured blue on the Plan; 2) a concrete block parapet wall with metal railing inserts also on the alignment shown blue on the Plan; 3) a garage building in the approximate location shown edged green on the Plan; and 4) a carport in the approximate location shown edged orange on the Plan
- Authority
- South Oxfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Roberts J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development amounts to inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
- Whether any harm from inappropriateness and any other harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations sufficient to amount to very special circumstances to justify the development
What decided it
The garage is materially larger than the building it replaced and therefore constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no very special circumstances to justify it.
The harm from inappropriateness and loss of openness and character harm, to which significant weight must be attached, was not outweighed by any other material considerations.
Plan policies cited: Policy STRAT6, Policy DES 1, Policy DES 2, Policy ENV1
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.