®Planning appeal decision
Thames Farm,, Reading Road,, Shiplake, Oxfordshire, RG9 3PH
for engineering operations associated with ground stabilisation works. Appeal B: APP/Q3115/W/25/3373700 Thames Farm, Reading Road, Lower Shiplake RG9 3PH
- Authority
- South Oxfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Shrigley M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether it is sufficiently demonstrated that the proposed development would not pose unacceptable risks to a local principal aquifer and public water abstraction having regard to stabilisation works, ground stability, pollution, drainage and flooding (Appeal's A and B)
- The acceptability of drainage strategy details for the discharge of condition 11 (Appeal C)
- Deed of variation adequacy to secure associated affordable housing, infrastructure and mitigation (Appeal B)
What decided it
The appellant's technical evidence demonstrated that the risks to the principal aquifer, public water abstraction and drainage/flood/pollution interests could be managed to an acceptable level through planning conditions, legal agreements and statutory processes, removing the basis for SODC's reasons for refusal.
the direct benefits, including enabling much-needed new housing, outweighed the negative impacts (including carbon emissions and minor environmental harm), with no considerations of sufficient weight to resist the appeals
Framework references: 61, 11, 57
Plan policies cited: CSEN1, CSQ3, G2, C9, D1, EP4, ENV12, DES7, ENV5, INF1, TRANS4, TRANS5, EP3, ENV1, CF5, H2, T5
Judgments cited: Medina Borough Council vs Proberun Ltd; Court of Appeal (Glidewell, Stuart-Smith L.JJ. and Sir David Croom-Johnson): May 15, 1990
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.