®Planning appeal decision
Land North of Bury Croft Road, Hook Norton, OX15 5PR
Planning appeal 3326858 at Land North of Bury Croft Road, Hook Norton, OX15 5PR (Cherwell District Council) was dismissed on 7 May 2024 by Inspector Smith J, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development would provide a suitable location for housing, having regard to the Council's spatial strategy and accessibility to services and facilities.
Erection of a single detached dwelling, associated garage, access and new landscaping
- Authority
- Cherwell District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Smith J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would provide a suitable location for housing, having regard to the Council's spatial strategy and accessibility to services and facilities
- whether any harm would be outweighed by other material considerations, having regard to the Council's housing land supply position and the benefits of the proposed development
What decided it
The site's location beyond the built-up limits of Hook Norton in conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy, causing harm from encroachment into the countryside that was not outweighed by the limited benefits even under the tilted balance.
the limited social and economic benefits of the single dwelling, together with little-weighted biodiversity net gain, were outweighed by the harm from conflict with the development plan and encroachment into the countryside, even assuming a housing land supply shortfall engaging the paragraph 11d presumption
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy Villages 1 (PV1)Policy Villages 2 (PV2)saved Policy H18Policy HN-H1Policy HN-H2Policy HN-CC1HNNP Policy HN-N1HNNP Policy HN-N2Policy PSD1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 11dParagraph 70aParagraph 77Paragraph 84
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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