Land at Crowell Road , Chinnor , Oxfordshire , OX39 4HP

outline application (with all matters reserved except Layout and Access), for the erection of up to 54 age restricted dwellings (for people aged 55 and over), including 40% affordable housing and communal facilities, on land to the north of Crowell Road, Chinnor. New vehicular access to be created off Crowell Road, along with the retention of the existing pedestrian access to Oakley Road to the North

Authority: South Oxfordshire District Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Kirby R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether or not the mix, type and tenure of affordable housing sought is reasonable and necessary to make the development acceptable
whether or not the infrastructure contributions sought are reasonable and necessary to make the development acceptable

What decided it

The significant public benefits of providing specialist and affordable housing for the elderly, in a location with good access to services, outweighed the less than substantial heritage harm and satisfied the tests for the planning obligations sought.

the less than substantial harm to the significance of the listed buildings and the Oakley Conservation Area was outweighed by the public benefits of the proposal, principally the provision of specialist and affordable housing for the elderly

Framework references: 57, 174, 56

Plan policies cited: Policy DES1, Policy DES2, Policy DES5, Policy CF5, Policy H9, Policy CH H2, Policy CH H4, Policy EP3, Policy INF1, Policy TRANS 2, Policy TRANS5, Policy CH H7, Policy H1, Policy H13, Policy CSR1, Policy ENV7, Policy ENV8, Policy ENV2, Policy ENV3, Policy DES7, Policy CH H5, Policy CH H6

Judgments cited: Wheatcroft

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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