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Allowed2 April 20243329587

Os Parcel 3673 Adjoining And West Of 161 Rutten Lane, OX5 1LT, Yarnton, OX5 1LT

Planning appeal 3329587 at Os Parcel 3673 Adjoining And West Of 161 Rutten Lane, OX5 1LT, Yarnton, OX5 1LT (Cherwell District Council) was allowed on 2 April 2024 by Inspector Bore J, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: there is now no main issue in dispute between the appellant, the District Council and the County Council in this appeal.

the erection of up to 540 dwellings (Class C3), up to 9,000sqm GEA of elderly/extra care residential floorspace (Class C2), a Community Home Work Hub (up to 200sqm)(Class E), alongside the creation of two locally equipped areas for play (LEAPs), one neighbourhood equipped area for play (NEAP), up to 1.8 hectares of playing pitches and amenity space for the William Fletcher Primary School, two vehicular access points, green infrastructure, areas of public open space, two community woodland areas, a local nature reserve, footpaths, tree planting, restoration of historic hedgerow, and associated works

Authority
Cherwell District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Bore J
Postcode
OX5 1LT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • there is now no main issue in dispute between the appellant, the District Council and the County Council in this appeal
  • flood risk (raised by Yarnton Parish Council as a Rule 6 party) is therefore addressed below

What decided it

The resolution of all prior objections through the agreed planning obligation and conditions, combined with the acute shortfall in deliverable housing land supply and overall accordance of the scheme with the development plan (Policy PR9), decided the appeal in favour of allowing it.

the public benefits of the scheme, particularly the delivery of much-needed housing against a severe shortfall in deliverable land supply, outweighed the limited residual harm to the significance of archaeological remains, and the proposal was found to accord with the development plan as a whole

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy PR9
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 173

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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