®Planning appeal decision
OS Parcel 1570 Adjoining And West Of Chilgrove Drive, And Adjoining And North Of, Camp Road, Heyford Park, OX25 5LX
outline planning application for the erection of up to 230 dwellings, creation of new vehicular access to Camp Road and all associated works with all matters reserved apart from means of access to Camp Road
- Authority
- Cherwell District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Hockenhull H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site forms a suitable location for development having regard to national and local planning policies
- The effect of the proposed development on heritage assets
- Whether the development makes appropriate provision for infrastructure and transport mitigation to ensure a sustainable development and make the development acceptable in planning terms
- Whether the Council can demonstrate a deliverable housing land supply as required by the Framework
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate at least a four-year deliverable housing land supply engaged the paragraph 11(d) tilted balance, and the significant benefits of market and affordable housing were not significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the limited-weight policy conflict.
the significant benefits of market and affordable housing delivery, together with moderate economic and environmental benefits and neutral heritage effects, were not significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the limited-weight conflict with countryside protection policies, so the tilted balance favoured allowing the appeal
Framework references: 11, 67, 109, 114, 226
Plan policies cited: Policy ESD1, Policy PV5, Policy ESD13, Policy ESD15, Policy C8, Policy H18, Policy BSC1, Policy PD4, Saved Policy C33, Policy BSC2, Saved Policy C15, Policy PV2
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.