Land to the north of Main Street, Great Bourton, OX17 1QU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

• Whether the amount of development in terms of the number of proposed dwellings would represent a suitably efficient use of land

What decided it

The proposal's failure to accord with LP policy BSC2 by providing housing at a density significantly below the 30 dph minimum, combined with paragraph 130 of the Framework's emphasis on avoiding inefficient use of land in areas of housing shortage, meant the adverse impacts demonstrably outweighed the benefits.

The moderate benefits of addressing housing undersupply and providing 8-9 dwellings in a suitable location were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the conflict with policies requiring efficient use of land and the proposal's lower density compared to the existing fallback permission in principle