®Planning appeal decision
Land at East Cottage , Stanford Road, Buckland, Oxfordshire, SN7 8QL
Planning appeal 3355881 at Land at East Cottage , Stanford Road, Buckland, Oxfordshire, SN7 8QL (Vale of White Horse District Council) was dismissed on 20 February 2026 by Inspector Robinson N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the condition restricting the accommodation to use ancillary and incidental to the main dwelling should be discharged in relation to the spatial strategy of the development plan and access to services.
failure to comply with a condition imposed on a planning permission ref P13/V0512/HH granted on 27th June 2013
- Authority
- Vale of White Horse District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Robinson N
- Postcode
- SN7 8QL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the condition restricting the accommodation to use ancillary and incidental to the main dwelling should be discharged in relation to the spatial strategy of the development plan and access to services
- Whether the condition should be discharged in relation to the effect on highway safety
- Whether the condition should be discharged in relation to the effect on the living conditions of the occupiers of East Cottage and whether the annexe provides adequate living conditions with particular regard to amenity space provision
- Whether the condition should be discharged in relation to the effect on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The removal of the ancillary use condition would conflict with the spatial strategy of the development plan and create unacceptable highway safety and living condition impacts that cannot be justified.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Core Policy 1Core Policy 3Core Policy 4Core Policy 33Core Policy 35Core Policy 37Core Policy 44Development Policy 4Development Policy 16Development Policy 23Development Policy 24
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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