®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to 21 Vicarage Road, Steventon, Oxon, OX13 6SL
Planning appeal 3347601 at Land Adjacent to 21 Vicarage Road, Steventon, Oxon, OX13 6SL (Vale of White Horse District Council) was dismissed on 19 March 2025 by Inspector Worley E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development would represent an acceptable form of development having regard to flood risk.
the removal of existing single storey garage building and construction of three new dwellings on site adjacent to 21 Vicarage Road (site A) with flood improvement works on land adjacent to 15 Vicarage Road (site B)
- Authority
- Vale of White Horse District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Worley E
- Postcode
- OX13 6SL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would represent an acceptable form of development having regard to flood risk
- whether the proposed development would provide suitable living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to noise from the railway line
- whether the proposed development would be in a suitable location having regard to the development strategy
- whether the proposed development would provide suitable living conditions for future occupiers of 'House 1' with particular regard to outlook
What decided it
The proposal failed to satisfy the Sequential Test for flood risk as required by the Framework and Core Policy 42, with the actual extent of Flood Zone 2 not satisfactorily demonstrated and no evidence that alternative sites at lower flood risk were unavailable.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Core Policy 42Core Policy 3Core Policy 4Development Policy 24Development Policy 25
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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