®Planning appeal decision
Land South of Abingdon Road, Burcot, OX14 3DQ
Planning appeal 6003969 at Land South of Abingdon Road, Burcot, OX14 3DQ (South Oxfordshire District Council) was allowed on 13 May 2026 by Inspector Kay D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is suitable for residential development having regard to its location, land use and amount of development proposed.
the construction of two to four dwellings
- Authority
- South Oxfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Kay D
- Postcode
- OX14 3DQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for residential development having regard to its location, land use and amount of development proposed
- Whether the appeal site is grey belt and whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the relevant development plan policies and the National Planning Policy Framework, including the effect on openness and purposes of the Green Belt
- Whether the location is suitable having regard to the spatial strategy in the development plan
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply, combined with the site's status as grey belt land meeting all criteria of paragraph 155 of the Framework, means the presumption in favour of sustainable development applies and the benefits of housing delivery outweigh the conflict with the development plan.
The benefits of providing two to four dwellings in a sustainable location, supporting housing supply, providing local economic benefit and CIL contributions, significantly outweigh the harm from conflict with the spatial strategy in the development plan, which is given reduced weight due to the Council's lack of 5-year housing land supply
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy STRAT1Policy STRAT6Policy H1Policy H8Policy H16
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 110Paragraph 115Paragraph 143Paragraph 154Paragraph 155
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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