®Planning appeal decision
136-138 The Broadway and 3-5 Station Road, Didcot, OX11 8RJ
Planning appeal 3324958 at 136-138 The Broadway and 3-5 Station Road, Didcot, OX11 8RJ (South Oxfordshire District Council) was dismissed on 25 March 2024 by Inspector Murray D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the two additional flats would provide reasonable living conditions for the occupiers without being harmed by noise and disturbance.
internal revisions to the building to create 2 additional flats (1 each at first and second floors) together with alterations to layout of 2 previously permitted flats (1 each at first and second floors)
- Authority
- South Oxfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Murray D
- Postcode
- OX11 8RJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the two additional flats would provide reasonable living conditions for the occupiers without being harmed by noise and disturbance
- Alternatively, whether the residential flats as proposed would be likely to give rise to complaints about noise which may affect the operations of the adjacent Broadways Public House
What decided it
The failure to demonstrate that the occupiers would have reasonable living conditions, particularly regarding their ability to sleep peacefully at night, and the inability to ensure adequate mitigation would be retained in perpetuity.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy ENV11
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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