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Allowed13 March 20266002301

Land Adj Digberry Farm, Digberry Lane, Near Park Corner, Henley on Thames, RG9 6DP

Planning appeal 6002301 at Land Adj Digberry Farm, Digberry Lane, Near Park Corner, Henley on Thames, RG9 6DP (South Oxfordshire District Council) was allowed on 13 March 2026 by Inspector Edwards J, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area, including whether it conserves or enhances the natural, scenic and landscape beauty of the Chilterns National Landscape.

the material change in use of the land to a mixed use, comprising agricultural grazing for horses and a caravan site, to provide residential accommodation for Gypsies and Travellers, comprising a single family pitch consisting of 1 static caravan, 1 tourin g caravan, parking and associated infrastructure, new access to Digberry Lane (retrospective)

Authority
South Oxfordshire District Council
Appeal type
other · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
caravan-gypsy · Unknown
Inspector
Edwards J
Postcode
RG9 6DP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area, including whether it conserves or enhances the natural, scenic and landscape beauty of the Chilterns National Landscape
  • the matter of intentional unauthorised development

What decided it

the Council's inability to demonstrate a five years' supply of deliverable Gypsy and Traveller pitches, engaging the paragraph 11(d) presumption in favour of granting permission, which the limited landscape harm did not outweigh

the limited harm to the character and appearance of the area and the National Landscape did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of addressing an identified shortfall in Gypsy and Traveller pitch supply, so the paragraph 11(d) presumption in favour of the development applied and the appeal was allowed despite conflict with the development plan

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy STRAT1Policy H14Policy DES1Policy DES2Policy ENV1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 61Paragraph 187Paragraph 189

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