®Planning appeal decision
Land South of Davis Close, Davis Close, Stonesfield, Oxfordshire, OX29 8HB
erection of 2 dwellings with associated garages, access, landscaping and associated works
- Authority
- West Oxfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Smith H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The proposal's effect on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether it has been demonstrated that the proposal would provide a suitable mix of property types and sizes
- The proposal's effect on the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- Whether it has been demonstrated that the proposal would secure the provision of affordable housing contributions
What decided it
The significant harm to the character and appearance of the area arising from the scale, siting and lack of street frontage of the proposed dwellings, combined with the failure to demonstrate a suitable housing mix, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits of the proposal when assessed against the Framework.
The modest benefits of two dwellings on a windfall site with good access to services and a landscape buffer providing biodiversity benefits were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm to character and appearance and the failure to provide a suitable housing mix, such that the tilted balance did not favour the proposal.
Framework references: 176, 64, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy OS2, Policy OS4, Policy H2, Policy H4, Policy H3, Policy EH1
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.