Laburnum Cottage and 1A , Main Street, Over Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5PR

Planning appeal 3309784 at Laburnum Cottage and 1A , Main Street, Over Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5PR (West Oxfordshire District Council) was dismissed on 14 April 2023 by Inspector Marigold O, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on highway safety.

erection of a two-storey side and rear extension to Laburnham Cottage, with subdivision (with associated internal alterations) to form a separate dwelling, together with works of demolition and the erection of a two-storey and single storey rear extension to 1A Main Street, with provision of parking

Authority: West Oxfordshire District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Marigold O
Postcode: OX7 5PR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on highway safety

What decided it

The significant harm to highway safety from increased use of a sub-standard access and inadequate parking provision outweighs the limited housing and conservation benefits, even under the tilted balance test.

The adverse impacts of granting permission (highway safety harm) significantly and demonstrably outweigh the individual and cumulative benefits (housing supply, conservation benefits, economic contribution), when assessed against the policies in the Framework as a whole

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy OS2Policy T2Policy T4
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11

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