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Allowed24 April 20243333906

The Penn Thame Road, Great Milton, Oxford, OX44 7HX

Planning appeal 3333906 at The Penn Thame Road, Great Milton, Oxford, OX44 7HX (South Oxfordshire District Council) was allowed on 24 April 2024 by Inspector Seddon M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development represents inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

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Authority
South Oxfordshire District Council
Appeal type
householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Seddon M
Postcode
OX44 7HX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposed development represents inappropriate development in the Green Belt
  • the effect on the character and appearance of the building and area
  • the effect on openness
  • whether other considerations clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt, and any other harm, so as to amount to very special circumstances

What decided it

The real prospect that prior approval schemes involving greater harm to character and appearance could be implemented as a fallback, making the appeal proposal the lesser harm option, constituted very special circumstances that clearly outweighed the identified harm to the Green Belt.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
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National Planning Policy Framework
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