Bishops End, Burdrop, BANBURY, OX15 5RQ

Permission in Principle to provide 3 to 4 dwellings within the area outlined in red

Authority: Cherwell District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Marigold O

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal and its location, land use and amount would have an acceptable effect on the character and appearance of the area, including the Sibford Ferris, Sibford Gower and Burdrop Conservation Area and adjacent listed buildings
Whether the proposal and its location, land use and amount would accord with the strategy of the Development Plan including with regard to access to services and facilities

What decided it

The proposal could be delivered through conversion and limited new building within the existing footprint without materially harming the character, appearance and heritage significance of the conservation area and listed buildings, while the site's location within a Category A village with reasonable access to services and facilities accords with the development plan strategy.

Plan policies cited: ESD13, ESD15, C33, Villages 1, ESD1, H18

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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