®Planning appeal decision
Land at North West Bicester, Charlotte Avenue, Bicester, Oxfordshire , OX27 8AS
Planning appeal 3315849 at Land at North West Bicester, Charlotte Avenue, Bicester, Oxfordshire , OX27 8AS (Cherwell District Council) was allowed on 25 July 2023 by Inspector Barrett R, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Given the viability of the proposed development, whether it would provide appropriate affordable housing to address local need.
described as, ‘outline planning application for up to 530 residential dwellings (within Use Class C3), open space provision, access, drainage and all associated works and operations including but not limited to demolition, ear thworks, and engineering operations, with the details of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale reserved for later determination
- Authority
- Cherwell District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Barrett R
- Postcode
- OX27 8BP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Given the viability of the proposed development, whether it would provide appropriate affordable housing to address local need
- Given the viability of the proposed development, whether it would achieve a 'True Zero Carbon' development
- The effect of the proposed access arrangements on the safety and convenience of road users, and whether they would promote active forms of transport, with particular regard to walking and cycling
- Whether the proposal adequately addresses its infrastructure impacts
What decided it
The Council did not defend any of its putative reasons for refusal and the Inspector found the scheme complied with the relevant development plan policies on viability, carbon, highways and infrastructure, with heritage harm outweighed by public benefits.
the less than substantial harm (at the lower end of that spectrum) to heritage assets was outweighed by the public benefits of the scheme, including housing delivery and realisation of the North West Bicester Ecotown strategy, so the appeal was allowed
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy BSC3Policy Bicester 1Policy ESD2Policy ESD1-5Policy ESD15Policy ESD3Policy SLE4Policy INF1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 58Paragraph 104Paragraph 105Paragraph 110Paragraph 132Paragraph 199Paragraph 202Paragraph 55Paragraph 56
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.