®Planning appeal decision
Land to the north of New Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3LB
erection of 25 dwellings with associated accesses, works to New Road, landscaping and parking
- Authority
- South Oxfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Stephens K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for housing with regard to local and national policies
- Whether the site is in an accessible location in relation to transport and infrastructure
- The effect of the proposal on the rural character of the area
What decided it
The cumulative harms — particularly the significant weight given to the unsuitability of the site for transport and infrastructure — were found to significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits under the tilted balance.
the benefits of housing delivery, affordable housing, BNG, economic and highway benefits were outweighed by the harms to the Council's spatial strategy (limited weight), transport and infrastructure suitability (significant weight) and rural character (moderate weight), such that the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits under the paragraph 11(d) tilted balance
Framework references: 11, 14
Plan policies cited: Policy STRAT1, Policy H1, Policy H8, Policy H16, Policy TRANS5, Policy DES2, SNP Policy SV1, SNP Policy SV2, SNP Policy SV7
Judgments cited: Julian Wood v SSCLG and Gravesham Borough Council [2015] EWCA Civ 195
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