Planning appeal decision
6 Railway Cottages, Shipton on Cherwell, OX5 1JP
Planning appeal 3349908 at 6 Railway Cottages, Shipton on Cherwell, OX5 1JP (Cherwell District Council) was allowed on 13 May 2025 by Inspector Jarvis P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies.
1 metre extension to existing ground floor with new first floor extension over
- Authority
- Cherwell District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Jarvis P
- Postcode
- OX5 1JP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies
What decided it
The extension would not comprise a disproportionate addition to the original dwelling and would be of subservient size and sympathetic design, thereby satisfying the Green Belt exception in paragraph 154(c) of the Framework.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy ESD14
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154
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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