®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to Oxford Road, Horspath, Oxfordshire, OX5 3DU
the erection of 4 no. dwellinghouses (Permission in Principle)
- Authority
- South Oxfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Worley E
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development, with particular regard to whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- Whether the development would be in a suitable location, with regard to development plan policies relating to the location of development
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of the proposal on highway safety
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply triggered the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11, which meant that the adverse impacts of conflict with the development plan did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing delivery in a sustainable location.
The conflict with the development plan was given significant weight, but the benefits of housing supply, the sustainable location of the site adjacent to a Small Village, and the support from Framework policies prioritising sustainable transport and effective use of land outweighed this conflict under the tilted balance, resulting in permission being granted.
Framework references: 11, 143, 154, 155, 110, 115
Plan policies cited: Policy STRAT6, Policy STRAT1, Policy H1, Policy H8, Policy H16, Policy DES1, Policy DES2, Policy ENV1, Policy TRANS5
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.