®Planning appeal decision
No. 81, Abingdon Road, Dorchester on Thames, OX10 7LB
Planning appeal 6010291 at No. 81, Abingdon Road, Dorchester on Thames, OX10 7LB (South Oxfordshire) was allowed on 10 August 2026 by Inspector N Robinson, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and amount of development.
proposed erection of 1 no. dwellinghouse (Permission in Principle)
- Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Inspector
- N Robinson
- Postcode
- OX10 7LB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and amount of development
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance, and the substantial benefits of housing delivery outweighed the conflict with the spatial strategy when assessed against Framework policies taken as a whole.
The conflict with the spatial strategy was outweighed by the substantial benefits of supporting housing supply and economic benefits, particularly given the spatial strategy's failure to deliver a 5-year housing land supply; the presumption in favour of sustainable development applied.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy H1Policy H16Policy STRAT6Policy STRAT1Policy H8Policy DoT8
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 143Paragraph 155Paragraph 155bParagraph 155cParagraph 155d
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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