®Planning appeal decision
Apollo Office Park, Ironstone Lane, Wroxton, Oxfordshire, OX15 6AY
Provision of 10 employment units (Office, Research and Development and Light Industry), associated car parking, landscaping/biodiversity enhancements/works and provision of foul water treatment plant
- Authority
- Cherwell District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Minor offices/R&D/light industry
- Inspector
- Williams K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed development, with particular regard to the scale, character and appearance of the surrounding area and vehicle journeys
- The effect of the proposed development on existing trees
What decided it
The cumulative harms arising from the development's impact on the character and appearance of the rural area, its failure to reduce the need to travel by private car, and the potential harm to existing trees outweighed the economic benefits and material considerations in favour of the proposal.
Framework references: 85, 88, 89, 114, 135, 136
Plan policies cited: Policy ESD 1, Policy SLE 1, Policy PSD 1, Policy ESD 10
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.