®Planning appeal decision
Land at 26 & 28 Henley Road, Shillingford, OX10 7EH
the erection of three dwellings with associated car parking and landscaping
- Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- OX10 7EH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is a suitable location for residential development having regard to flood risk
What decided it
The site's sole means of access and egress would be subject to unacceptable flood risk in a 1% AEP +35% Climate Change event, and the submitted Sequential Test was insufficiently comprehensive to demonstrate that no alternative sites with lower flood risk were available in the immediately surrounding area.
The moderate benefits of housing supply on a windfall site, energy efficiency and acceptable backland infill principle were outweighed by the full weight given to the harm caused to the safety of future occupiers through flood risk to their means of access and escape.
Framework references: 11, 30, 170, 175
Plan policies cited: Policy EP4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035, Policy H16 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035, Policy H2 of the Warborough and Shillingford Revised Neighbourhood Plan 2025-2041
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.