®Planning appeal decision
Land north of Cote Road, Aston, OX18 2DU
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.
Plan policies cited: Policy OS1, Policy OS2, Policy OS3, Policy OS4, Policy EH2, Policy EH7, Policy EH8, Policy EH9, Policy EH10, Policy EH11, Policy T1, Policy T3, Policy T4, Policy H1, Policy H2, Policy CA5
Judgments cited: Derwent Holdings v Trafford Borough Council et al court judgement
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.