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Allowed18 May 20263361505

White Cross Farm, Reading Road, Cholsey, OX10 9HG

Planning appeal 3361505 at White Cross Farm, Reading Road, Cholsey, OX10 9HG (Oxfordshire County Council) was allowed on 18 May 2026 by Inspector Dowsett J, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issue in this appeal is the effect of the proposed development on the landscape and visual appearance of the River Thames, the effect on the Thames Path National Trail, and on the setting of the Chilterns National Landscape.

The extraction and processing of sand and gravel including the construction of new site access roads, landscaping and screening bunds, minerals washing plant and other associated infrastructure, with restoration to agriculture and nature conservation areas using inert fill

Authority
Oxfordshire County Council
Appeal type
other · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
minerals-waste · Mineral working
Inspector
Dowsett J
Postcode
OX10 9HG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The main issue in this appeal is the effect of the proposed development on the landscape and visual appearance of the River Thames, the effect on the Thames Path National Trail, and on the setting of the Chilterns National Landscape.

What decided it

The temporary, reversible nature of the landscape, visual and heritage-setting harms, set against the pressing need to maintain the sand and gravel landbank and the wider benefits of the scheme, tipped the balance in favour of the appeal.

The great weight attributable to the benefits of mineral extraction, together with moderate weight for waste re-use, employment, improved Thames Path access and biodiversity gains, outweighed the less than substantial harm to the settings of two listed buildings and the temporary, evanescent harm to the landscape/visual appearance of the River Thames, the Thames Path and the setting of the Chilterns National Landscape.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy ENV1Policy C8Policy M3Policy C3Policy M2Policy M5
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 189Paragraph 174Paragraph 222Paragraph 224Paragraph 226Paragraph 175Paragraph 212Paragraph 213Paragraph 215Paragraph 210

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