Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed7 July 20266004667

Land to the South of Cottage Farm, Cottage Road, Stanford in the Vale, SN7 8HY

Planning appeal 6004667 at Land to the South of Cottage Farm, Cottage Road, Stanford in the Vale, SN7 8HY (Vale of White Horse) was dismissed on 7 July 2026 by Inspector K Townend, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Conservation Area and the effect on other heritage assets.

erection of 2 no. detached dwellinghouses with associated operations, including provision of public open space and landscaping

Authority
Vale of White Horse
Appeal type
minor · Planning
Procedure
Written
Development
residential
Inspector
K Townend
Postcode
SN7 8HY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposed development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Conservation Area and the effect on other heritage assets
  • the effect of the development on biodiversity

What decided it

The harm to the Conservation Area and listed building settings, assessed as less than substantial but more than minor, outweighs the limited to moderate public benefits of housing supply and open space provision, particularly given the failure to secure self-build status and inadequate biodiversity information.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Core Policy 39Development Policy 36Development Policy 37Development Policy 38Core Policy 45Core Policy 46

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.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

7 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Vale of White Horse

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2026

  1. Dismissed10 July 20266008237
    Land at Downs Close, Downs Close, Harwell, OX11 0LP
  2. Dismissed21 May 20266003590
    Woodland Farm, Appleton Road, Longworth, OX13 5EF
  3. Dismissed22 April 20266004425
    29 Oxford Lane, Grove, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 7PL
  4. Dismissed22 April 20266003709
    Land at Springhill Farm, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 5HL
  5. Dismissed18 February 20266001750
    39 Whitecross, Abingdon, Please Select, OX13 6BS

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.