®Planning appeal decision
143 Merewood Avenue, Headington, OXFORD, OX3 8EQ
‘the change of use of an HMO (C4) to a children’s home for a maximum of four children under the age of 18, with a manager, three carers, of whom two sleep overnight, working on a rota basis (C2) plus the infill/ conversion of the car port into living accommodation with additional door and window to South elevation and the provision of bicycle and bin storage to the frontage’
- Authority
- Oxford City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Change of use
- Inspector
- Simpson V
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed development, with particular regard to accessibility to services and facilities, and the local development strategy in respect of specialist care accommodation
- Whether the proposed development would provide suitable conditions for future users of the site with particular regard to the convenience of bin and bike stores
What decided it
The appeal site's location within a mixed community with good access to a wide range of local services and facilities within 20 minutes via safe and attractive routes, combined with suitable conditions for future occupiers regarding storage provision, satisfied the requirements of Policy H11 and justified allowing the appeal.
Framework references: 56
Plan policies cited: Policy H11, Policy DH7, Policy M5, Policy M1
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.