®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to 3 High View Court, Drayton Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX13 4HB
erection of a self-build infill dwelling and associated infrastructure
- Authority
- Vale of White Horse District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Stephens K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for housing with regard to local and national policies
- Whether sufficient information has been provided regarding the effect of the proposed development on archaeological remains
What decided it
The appeal site is located in the countryside outside the villages of Drayton and Sutton Courtenay in an unsuitable location for housing that would undermine the Council's spatial strategy and promote unsustainable patterns of development reliant on private car use.
The modest benefits of self-build housing contribution, economic benefits during construction, and biodiversity net gain were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the serious planning objections arising from the unsuitable countryside location, conflict with spatial strategy, poor sustainability, and insufficient archaeological information.
Framework references: 207, 218
Plan policies cited: Core Policy 3, Core Policy 4, Core Policy 33, Core Policy 35, Development Policy 1, Development Policy 39, Policy SC17 of the Sutton Courtenay Neighbourhood Plan
Judgments cited: Julian Wood v SSCLG and Gravesham Borough Council [2015] EWCA Civ 195
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.