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Allowed24 November 20253371183

Newlands, Shutford Road, Epwell, Oxfordshire, OX15 6ER

Planning appeal 3371183 at Newlands, Shutford Road, Epwell, Oxfordshire, OX15 6ER (Cherwell District Council) was allowed on 24 November 2025 by Inspector Gethin T, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether there is an essential need for an additional rural worker's dwelling at the agricultural holding.

Agricultural worker’s dwelling

Authority
Cherwell District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
agricultural · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Gethin T
Postcode
OX15 6ER

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether there is an essential need for an additional rural worker's dwelling at the agricultural holding
  • Whether the proposed development would harm the character and appearance of the surrounding area

What decided it

The Inspector found an essential functional need for a second worker to be permanently based on site to safely manage the farm's extended and overlapping lambing and calving seasons, particularly unpredictable night-time calving interventions.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy H18Policy BSC1Policy Villages 1Policy C28Policy C30Policy ESD13Policy ESD15Policy ESD1

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