®Planning appeal decision
5 Picklers Hill, ABINGDON, OX14 2BA
‘without planning permission (i) the material change of use of land of privately owned amenity space to residential use, for the purpose of extending the garden of 5 Picklers Hill, and (ii) the erection of a fence, vegetable planters and planting to facilitate the material change of use, shown in blue on the annexed Plan 2 ’
- Authority
- Vale of White Horse District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Buchanan R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the residential garden land on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The material change of use of the grass verge to residential garden land causes significant harm to the character and appearance of the area by disrupting the locally distinctive street scene and is contrary to the development plan.
Plan policies cited: Policy CP37 of the Vale of White Horse Local Plan Part 1, 2016, Policy DP33 of the Vale of White Horse Local Plan Part 2, 2019
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.