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Consultation
period
Application under consideration
Decision
made
Description
Change of use of existing public house (Sui Generis) to provide a three-bed dwelling and a four-bed dwelling (Use C3), erection of a three-bed and two four-bed dwellings (Use C3) on land adjacent to the public house accessed from Main Street, with associated parking and landscaping, along with the demolition of existing outbuilding (amended plans received 1 and 8 December 2022 to rectify discrepancy on existing elevation plans, amended boundary treatment, revised energy statement, revised site plan to include air source heat pumps and biodiversity metric and amended red line plan to reduce site area received 8 February 2023. Further amended plans also received on 15 February 2023 to include amended visibility splays, turning area, car parking, amendment to the roof of plot 1, amendment to the finish of the dwellings to render, and the setting back of plot 5).
Location
Horse & Harrow Main Street West Hagbourne OX11 0NB
Grid Reference
450956/187558
Applicant
Cordage 7 Ltd
Unit 3 Broadbridge Business Centre
Delling Lane
Bosham
PO18 8NF
Agent
CPC Planning Consultants Ltd
Unit 3 Broadbridge Business Centre
Delling Lane
Bosham
West Sussex
PO18 8NF
Constraints
West Hagbourne Conservation Area
Consultation / Notification
No further Representations on this application will be accepted.
Consultations / Notifications to date are shown below.
Name / Number
Date Sent
Response Date
West Hagbourne Parish Council
c/o Andrew Wise
42 Balmoral Road
Didcot
Oxon
OX11 8TY
17 02 2023
Upton Parish Council
c/o Liz Cooper - Clerk
41 Dibleys
Blewbury
OX11 9P
24 11 2022
CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale)
Conservation Officer (South and Vale)
08 12 2022
South and Vale Countryside Officer
31 12 2022
Forestry Officer (South and Vale)
15 11 2022
South -Highways Liaison Officer (Oxfordshire County Council)
17 03 2023
Horse & Harrow
Main Street
West Hagbourne
Didcot
OX11 0NB
30 11 2022
Horseshoe House
Main Street
West Hagbourne
Didcot
OX11 0NB
29 11 2022
Energy Assessor (ESE Ltd)
13 12 2022
Green Thatch
Main St
West Hagbourne
24 11 2022
Pippins
Main St
West Hagbourne
OX11 0ND
25 11 2022
Morland House
Main Street
West Hagbourne
Didcot
OX11 0NA
27 11 2022
Hakkas Brook
Main Street
West Hagbourne
Didcot
OX11 0NB
27 11 2022
Ash House
York Road
West Hagbourne
Didcot
OX11 0NG
28 11 2022
Dormer Cottage
York Road
West Hagbourne
Didcot
OX11 0NG
28 11 2022
Fairview
York Road
West Hagbourne
Didcot
OX11 0NH
28 11 2022
13 York Road
West Hagbourne
Didcot
OX11 0NG
29 11 2022
Appletrees
Main Street
West Hagbourne
Didcot
OX11 0NJ
29 11 2022
Chapel Hayes
Main Street
West Hagbourne
Didcot
OX11 0ND
29 11 2022
1 Lower End
Benson Road
Ewelme
Wallingford
OX10 6HB
20 12 2022
Waltham House
York Road
West Hagbourne
Didcot
OX11 0NH
30 11 2022
Meadows Edge
York Road
West Hagbourne
Didcot
OX11 0NG
30 11 2022
6 London Road
Blewbury
Didcot
Oxfordshire
OX11 9NX
30 11 2022
Application Type
Minor
(Full Application)
Application Progress
Date Received
4th October 2022
Registration Date
28th October 2022
Start Consultation Period
3rd November 2022
End Consultation Period
9th March 2023
Target Decision Date
21st April 2023
Target Committee Meeting
19th April 2023
Decision
Refusal of Planning Permission on 21st April 2023
Conditions / Refusal Reasons
The Horse and Harrow public house is considered to be essential to the village, being the only community facility in West Hagbourne and one which fosters the engagement and involvement of the local community, as well as providing jobs for local people and local suppliers. Although viability assessments have been produced they have omitted key considerations, such as other nearby public houses, and there have been no attempts to market the premises. The Horse and Harrow has suffered from an historic lack of investment which, in turn, has deterred people from visiting the premises. With investment the public house could be economically viable in the future.
As such the proposed change of use of the public house would be contrary to policy CF1 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035 which seeks to safeguard existing community facilities and paragraphs 84 (d) and 93 (c) and (d) of the NPPF.
Appeal
Appeal Allowed on 14 March 2024
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