®Planning appeal decision
St Andrew's Field, Holton, Oxfordshire, OX33 1PZ
without planning permission the material change of use of the Land from agriculture to a mixed use of agriculture, storage and leisure plot
- Authority
- South Oxfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- agricultural · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Savage M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal scheme is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (December 2024)(the Framework) and relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the appeal scheme on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the appeal scheme on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of the appeal scheme on protected species, in particular Great Crested Newts
- If it is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the appeal scheme
What decided it
The appellants failed to demonstrate very special circumstances clearly outweighing the harm from inappropriate development in the Green Belt, harm to character and appearance, and harm to protected species.
the harm from inappropriate development in the Green Belt, together with harm to character and appearance and to protected species, was not clearly outweighed by the other considerations advanced, so very special circumstances did not exist and the appeal under ground (a) was dismissed
Framework references: 154, 155, 143
Plan policies cited: STRAT1, STRAT6, DES1, DES2, ENV1, ENV2, ENV3
Judgments cited: Warwick DC c SSLUHC, Mr J Storer & Mrs A Lowe [2022] EWHC 2145 (Admin)
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.