®Planning appeal decision
Land at Burleigh Wood, Cassington Road, Bladon, Oxfordshire, OX20 1RX
Retrospective application for continued use of land for outdoor adventure camping for 22 weeks per calendar year between the 1st May to 2nd October, including camp areas, kitchen areas, storage areas, shower and toilet areas, drop off and turning areas”
- Authority
- West Oxfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Plenty B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether each proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt and its effect on the openness of the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of each proposed development on irreplaceable habitat within the ancient woodland
- the impact on the proposal on protected species, with particular regard to Great Crested Newts (Appeal A only)
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area (Appeal A only)
- if either or both proposals are found to be inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to very special circumstances to justify it
What decided it
The proposals would result in inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would not preserve openness and would cause significant harm to irreplaceable ancient woodland, with no very special circumstances to justify this harm.
Framework references: 11, 143, 142, 153, 154, 155, 186
Plan policies cited: Policy OS2, Policy EW10, Policy EH3, Policy EH2, Policy EW9, Policy E2, Policy E4
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.