®Planning appeal decision
Westfield Lodge, Road Through Shilton, Shilton, Oxfordshire, OX18 4AW
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
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.
Framework references: 11, 135, 139, 232
Plan policies cited: Policy OS1, Policy OS2, Policy H2, Policy H5, Policy OS4
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.