®Planning appeal decision
Barn Farm Plants Garden Centre, Thorpe Road, Wardington, BANBURY, Oxfordshire, OX17 1SN
‘To develop the site for 7-9 dwellings with associated access, parking and amenity space’
- Authority
- Cherwell District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Worley E
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development with particular regard to: whether the development would be in a suitable location having regard to the development strategy and access to services and facilities; the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area; whether the development would represent an efficient use of land, having regard to the density of the development; and the loss of village facilities
What decided it
The site's inclusion on the Brownfield Land Register, its proximity to the built-up area with reasonable accessibility to services and facilities, and the housing delivery benefits, when taken together with Framework support for small and medium housing sites in rural areas, outweighed the conflict with the development plan's settlement strategy.
Plan policies cited: Policy BSC1, Policy BSC2, Policy ESD1, Policy ESD13, Policy ESD15, Policy PSD1, Policy Villages 1, Policy H18, Policy S29
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.