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Planning permission granted22 March 20223285946

Land at 221A London Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9JA

Planning appeal 3285946 at Land at 221A London Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9JA (Oxford City Council) was allowed on 22 March 2022 by Inspector Hanson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the balance of housing within the locality.

Without planning permission, the material change of use of the property on the land from use as a dwellinghouse in Use Class C3 of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) to use as a house in multiple occupation (within Use Class C4)

Authority
Oxford City Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Hanson S
Postcode
OX3 9JA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the development on the balance of housing within the locality

What decided it

The appellant's evidence, based on the council's own HMO Register and correctly applying Policy H6's calculation methodology, demonstrated that the appeal property's use as an HMO would result in 17.4% HMO concentration, below the 20% policy threshold.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy H6 of the Oxford Local Plan 2036Appendix 3.5 of the Oxford Local Plan 2036

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