®Planning appeal decision
Os Parcel 1570 Adjoining And West Of Chilgrove Drive, And Adjoining And North Of, Camp Road, Heyford Park, OX25 5LX
Planning appeal 3326761 at Os Parcel 1570 Adjoining And West Of Chilgrove Drive, And Adjoining And North Of, Camp Road, Heyford Park, OX25 5LX (Cherwell District Council) was allowed on 5 March 2024 by Inspector Hockenhull H, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site forms a suitable location for development having regard to national and local planning policies.
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
- Postcode
- OX25 5LX
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
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy ESD1Policy PV5Policy ESD13Policy ESD15Policy C8Policy H18Policy BSC1Policy PD4Saved Policy C33Policy BSC2Saved Policy C15Policy PV2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 67Paragraph 109Paragraph 114Paragraph 226
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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