Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to No 1 Minster Road, Oxford, Oxon, OX4 1LX
Planning appeal 3282989 at Land Adjacent to No 1 Minster Road, Oxford, Oxon, OX4 1LX (Oxford City Council) was dismissed on 30 March 2022 by Inspector Blackwell J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the disputed conditions are reasonable and necessary in relation to the Adjacent Land in the interests of procuring car free development.
Demolition of existing garage. Erection of 1 x 2-bed dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) and installation of new boundary treatments. Provision of private amenity space and bin and cycle stores” without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref 20/01460/FUL, dated 6 October 2020
- Authority
- Oxford City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Blackwell J
- Postcode
- OX4 1LX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the disputed conditions are reasonable and necessary in relation to the Adjacent Land in the interests of procuring car free development
What decided it
The spatial and functional relationship between the appeal site and adjacent land means the conditions must bind both parcels to ensure the development is truly car-free in compliance with Policy M3 of the Local Plan.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy M3 of the Oxford Local Plan 2036
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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