®Planning appeal decision
The Mount, Rotherfield road, HENLEY-ON-THAMES, RG9 1NR
for the “(Phased) - Demolition of existing house and associated outbuildings and structures and redevelopment to provide two dwellings with associated access, hard and soft landscaping and other infrastructure”
- Authority
- South Oxfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hughes S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to the Chilterns National Landscape (CNL) formerly known as the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
What decided it
The combination of the development's assimilation into the existing suburban grain of the neighbourhood, the effectiveness of landscape mitigation measures secured by condition to conceal the development from the Chilterns National Landscape, and compliance with development plan policies protecting landscape character and natural beauty.
Framework references: 189, 198
Plan policies cited: Policy ENV1, Policy DES1, Policy DES2, Policy SD3
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