®Planning appeal decision
Os Parcel 3673 Adjoining And West Of 161 Rutten Lane, OX5 1LT, Yarnton, OX5 1LT
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
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
Framework references: 173
Plan policies cited: Policy PR9
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.