Planning appeal decision
Wychwold Upper End, Fulbrook, Burford, OX18 4BX
Planning appeal 3355309 at Wychwold Upper End, Fulbrook, Burford, OX18 4BX (West Oxfordshire District Council) was dismissed on 26 March 2025 by Inspector Hughes S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect on the character and appearance of the building as a non-designated heritage asset.
the demolition of existing rear extension for a new one and a half storey rear extension and landscaping
- Authority
- West Oxfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hughes S
- Postcode
- OX18 4BX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect on the character and appearance of the building as a non-designated heritage asset
What decided it
The extension would be substantially disproportionate in scale and massing, overwhelming the primacy of the original non-designated heritage asset and causing substantial direct harm to its significance that cannot be outweighed by the benefits of modernisation.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy OS2Policy OS4Policy H6Policy EH9Policy EH12Policy EH16
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 216
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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