®Planning appeal decision
Westfield Lodge, Road Through Shilton, Shilton, Oxfordshire, OX18 4AW
Planning appeal 3358424 at Westfield Lodge, Road Through Shilton, Shilton, Oxfordshire, OX18 4AW (West Oxfordshire District Council) was dismissed on 20 June 2025 by Inspector O'Neill A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site would be in a suitable location, having regard to the Council's strategy for the location of housing and its accessibility to services and facilities.
the erection of a detached dwelling with associated existing access and proposed new landscaping work
- Authority
- West Oxfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- O'Neill A
- Postcode
- OX18 4AW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site would be in a suitable location, having regard to the Council's strategy for the location of housing and its accessibility to services and facilities
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The adverse impacts of undermining the Council's development strategy by locating housing in unsustainable open countryside requiring reliance on private vehicles, combined with poor design that harms local character, significantly and demonstrably outweigh the limited benefits of one additional dwelling, even under the tilted balance.
Under NPPF paragraph 11(d)(ii), the adverse impacts on the Council's development strategy, increased private vehicle travel, and failure to achieve good design significantly and demonstrably outweigh the minor housing supply benefit of one dwelling, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development does not apply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy OS1Policy OS2Policy H2Policy H5Policy OS4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 135Paragraph 139Paragraph 232
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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