®Planning appeal decision
56-58 Broad Street, Banbury, OX16 5BL
Planning appeal 6003406 at 56-58 Broad Street, Banbury, OX16 5BL (Cherwell District Council) was dismissed on 13 April 2026 by Inspector Bromley N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect that the variation of Condition 2 and the removal of Condition 12 would have on the living conditions of the future occupants of the six self-contained flats and maisonette, with regard to odour.
Alterations to ground floor retail areas and conversion of first floor and erection of a new second floor to form 6 self-contained flats. Conversion of rear cottage to form a ground floor office and a maisonette on first and second floors. Part - retrospective” without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref 23/00199/F, dated 8 October 2024
- Authority
- Cherwell District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Bromley N
- Postcode
- OX16 5BL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect that the variation of Condition 2 and the removal of Condition 12 would have on the living conditions of the future occupants of the six self-contained flats and maisonette, with regard to odour
What decided it
The unacceptable harm to the living conditions of future occupants from odour caused by the pizza outlet extraction flue, which would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the housing and regeneration benefits of the development.
the significant harm to living conditions of future occupiers from odour significantly and demonstrably outweighed the considerable positive benefits of mixed residential and commercial development in an accessible town centre location and the housing land supply shortfall, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy ESD15 of the Cherwell Local Plan 2011-2031saved Policy ENV1 of the Cherwell Local Plan 1996
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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