®Planning appeal decision
Land at 7 Shirelake Close, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 1SN
without planning permission, the material change of use of the property on the Land from dwellinghouse within Use Class C3 of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) to short term let accommodation (sui generis use)
- Authority
- Oxford City Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Willis S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for the development with particular regard to the provision of housing and tourism accommodation
- The living conditions of the occupiers of the nearby dwellings, with particular regard to noise and disturbance
- Highway safety
What decided it
The loss of a residential dwelling contrary to Policies H5 and V5, combined with the harmful noise and disturbance to neighbouring occupiers from the intensive short-term let use, outweighed any modest tourism benefits.
Plan policies cited: Policy H5, Policy V5, Policy RE7, Policy RE8, Policy M1
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.