No. 81, Abingdon Road, Dorchester on Thames, OX10 7LB

proposed erection of 1 no. dwellinghouse (Permission in Principle)

Authority: South Oxfordshire
Appeal type: minor · Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: residential
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.

Framework references: 11, 143, 155, 155b, 155c, 155d

Plan policies cited: Policy H1, Policy H16, Policy STRAT6, Policy STRAT1, Policy H8, Policy DoT8

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