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Allowed28 July 20233317512

Land North of Cote Road, Aston, OX18 2DU

Planning appeal 3317512 at Land North of Cote Road, Aston, OX18 2DU (West Oxfordshire District Council) was allowed on 28 July 2023 by Inspector Boniface M, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect on the character and appearance of the area, including landscape and visual impacts.

40 dwellings and associated works

Authority
West Oxfordshire District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Boniface M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect on the character and appearance of the area, including landscape and visual impacts
  • The effect on heritage assets, namely Aston Conservation Area and St James Church
  • Whether the proposed dwellings would provide suitable living conditions for future occupants, with particular regard to the nationally described space standards

What decided it

The substantial benefit of delivering 40 affordable housing units against an agreed serious and significant five-year housing land supply shortfall outweighed the limited landscape, heritage and parking-related harms.

The limited landscape/visual harm, less-than-substantial (lower end) heritage harm and minor conflict with the parking policy were outweighed by the substantial benefit of 100% affordable housing delivery, together with economic benefits, open space and biodiversity net gain, such that the proposal accorded with the development plan as a whole.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy OS1Policy OS2Policy OS3Policy OS4Policy EH2Policy EH7Policy EH8Policy EH9Policy EH10Policy EH11Policy T1Policy T3Policy T4Policy H1Policy H2Policy CA5
Judgments
Derwent Holdings v Trafford Borough Council et al court judgement

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