®Planning appeal decision
Acorn House, Stansfeld Park Quarry Road, Headington, OXFORD, OX3 8SB
for the change of use of the dwelling, known as Acorn House, or ‘centre management’ (as per 16/02618/FUL), from Class C3 (Dwellinghouse) to Class F1 (Learning and non-residential institutions) as well as a single storey rear extension and other associated minor changes to the building
- Authority
- Oxford City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Change of use
- Inspector
- Aqbal M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed loss of a dwelling is justified
- Whether the proposed extension would render the quality of the dwelling unacceptable for future use
What decided it
The proposal's substantial social benefits in extending Oxford Trust's community education capacity and outreach programmes, combined with the limited certainty that the appeal property would function as an open market dwelling, outweigh the conflict with Policy H5 on dwelling loss.
Plan policies cited: Policy H5, Policy H16, Policy V7
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