Application registered
Consultation
period
Application under consideration
Decision
made
Description
Conversion of the existing barn building including extensions involving new gable end, raising of roof and insertion of 3 dormer windows to provide accommodation for staff employed at Checkendon Equestrian Centre and demolition of 3 existing small side buildings in order to provide amenity space.
Location
Checkendon Equestrian Centre Lovegroves Lane Checkendon RG8 0NE
Grid Reference
466394/183521
Applicant
Checkendon Equestrian Centre
c/o Agent
Agent
David Birkett Architecture and Design
Ptolemy House
Lower Wharf
WALLINGFORD
OX10 9DN
Consultation / Notification
No further Representations on this application will be accepted.
Consultations / Notifications to date are shown below.
Name / Number
Date Sent
Response Date
c/o Mrs C Dunk
'Darent'
Beech Lane
Woodcote
READING
RG8 0PX
Health & Housing - Env. Protection Team
08 09 2009
Lovegroves
Lovegrove's Lane
Checkendon
READING
RG8 0NE
Application Progress
Date Received
14th August 2009
Registration Date
18th August 2009
Start Consultation Period
18th August 2009
End Consultation Period
25th September 2009
Target Decision Date
13th October 2009
Decision
Refusal of Planning Permission on 13th October 2009
Conditions / Refusal Reasons
The application site lies in the countryside where there is a general presumption against new housing development with regard to Policy H6 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011. Insufficient justification has been put forward in relation to the requirement for additional staff accommodation at the site with regard to guidance contained at Annex A of PPS7. Therefore, the principle of the development is not acceptable with regard to Policies G1, G3, G4 and H6 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011 and guidance contained within PPS1, PPS3 and PPS7.
In relation to Criterion (vii) of Policy E8 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011 (SOLP) the applicant has not demonstrated that other non-residential uses of the building have been explored and found to be unacceptable in planning terms prior to the consideration of a residential use of the building. Furthermore, in relation to Criteria (i) and (iii) of Policy E8, the proposal would require major alteration and reconstruction and would fail to preserve the essential character of the building through the addition of inappropriate domestic features such as dormer windows. As such the proposal is contrary to Policies G6, D1 and E8 of the SOLP and guidance contained within the South Oxfordshire Design Guide 2008 and PPS1 and PPS7.
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