®Planning appeal decision
Waverley House, Registrar, Queens Avenue, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 2PY
the demolition of existing building and construction of 32no. apartments, together with landscaping, car parking, bin stores, secure cycle parking and associated infrastructure
- Authority
- Cherwell District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Phillips B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, having particular regard to the setting of the adjacent non designated heritage asset, curtilage listed wall and the Bicester Conservation Area (CA) and the loss of the building at the appeal site
- whether the proposal would make appropriate provision for affordable housing, community facilities (community hall), indoor and outdoor sport and public art
- whether the proposed development would make appropriate provision for sustainable transport
- whether the proposed development would make appropriate provision for waste/promoting recycling
What decided it
The limited harm from loss of the non-designated heritage asset was outweighed by the benefits of the new housing on a previously developed, accessible site.
the limited harm to the significance of the non-designated heritage asset was outweighed by the benefits of the proposal, including the delivery of new housing on a previously developed site
Framework references: 64, 58
Plan policies cited: Policy BSC 4, Policy C28, Policy C30, Policy ESD 15, Policy BCS3, Policy INF1, Policy S013, Policy S014, LTCP Policy 1, LTCP Policy 2, Policy B88, Policy BCS2
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.