®Planning appeal decision
Home Farm, Mount Skippett, Ramsden, CHIPPING NORTON, OX7 3AP
Permission in principle for the construction of up to four dwellings
- Authority
- West Oxfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Worley E
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development would be in a suitable location having regard to development plan policies, the National Planning Policy Framework and access to services
- the effect of the proposed development on highway safety
What decided it
The significant weight attached to highway safety harm, combined with clear conflict with the development plan's settlement hierarchy and location strategy, outweighs the benefits of housing delivery and brownfield reuse when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
The adverse impacts of the proposed development, particularly highway safety harm and conflict with the development plan strategy, significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing delivery, economic and social benefits, and brownfield reuse when assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole.
Framework references: 11, 79, 120
Plan policies cited: Policy OS1, Policy H1, Policy OS2, Policy H2
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.