Application registered
Consultation
period
Application under consideration
Decision
made
Description
Change of use of building from agricultural barn to residential dwelling, with external alterations (as amplified by e-mails from Agent dated 10, 15, 23 December 2010 & 6, 7, 11, 12 and 20 January and 9, 11 and 15 February 2011)
Location
Thames Farm Shiplake (In the parish of Harpsden) RG9 3PH
Grid Reference
476923/180032
Applicant
Mrs Claire Engbers
c/o agent
Agent
DPDS Consulting Group
Old Bank House
5 Devizes Road
Old Town
SWINDON
SN1 4BJ
Consultation / Notification
No further Representations on this application will be accepted.
Consultations / Notifications to date are shown below.
Name / Number
Date Sent
Response Date
Health & Housing - Contaminated Land
16 12 2010
Health & Housing - Env. Protection Team
08 12 2010
Mrs Jane de Souza
10 Damer Gardens
Henley on Thames
RG9 1HX
17 12 2010
Shiplake Parish Council
Joy Arnott
14 Brocks Way
Lower Shiplake
Henley on Thames
Oxon
RG9 3JG
16 12 2010
Heathfield
Reading Road
Shiplake
HENLEY ON THAMES
RG9 3JN
13 12 2010
Lynhurst
Lower Shiplake
HENLEY ON THAMES
RG9 3JS
13 12 2010
Wildwood
Harpsden Woods
Harpsden
HENLEY-ON-THAMES
RG9 4AD
13 12 2010
Bell Cottage
Bolney Lane
Shiplake
Henley on Thames
Oxon
RG9 3NZ
10 12 2010
Crossways House
Woodlands Road
Harpsden
HENLEY ON THAMES
RG9 4AA
10 12 2010
Green Acres
Harpsden Woods
Harpsden
HENLEY-ON-THAMES
RG9 4AE
10 12 2010
Highlands House
Reading Road
Shiplake
Oxon
RG9 3PH
10 12 2010
Thames Farm house
Harpsden wood
Henley on Thames
Oxfordshire
RG9 4AD
10 12 2010
Southwood
Upper Bolney Road
Harpsden
HENLEY ON THAMES
RG9 4AG
09 12 2010
Treetops
Woodlands Road
Oxon
RG9 4AB
09 12 2010
64 Greys Hill
Henley on Thames
Oxfordshire
RG9 1SJ
08 12 2010
Bowood
Woodlands Road
Harpsden
Henley-on-Thames
Oxfordshire
RG9 4AB
08 12 2010
Chilton House
Reading Road
Shiplake
Henley-on-Thames
Oxon
RG9 3JN
08 12 2010
old orchard house
Henley-on-Thames
08 12 2010
Banksia
Station Rd
Shiplake
Henley on Thames
Oxon
RG9 3JP
06 12 2010
Harpsden Wood house
Harpsden Woods
Harpsden
Henley-on-Thames
Oxon
RG9 4AF
06 12 2010
High Meadow House
Harpsden Wood
Henley on Thames
Henley on Thames
Oxfordshire
RG9 4AE
06 12 2010
Springfields
Woodlands Road
Harpsden
Oxon
RG9 4AA
06 12 2010
The Maples
Woodlands Road
Harpsden
Henley-on-Thames
Oxfordshire
RG9 4AA
06 12 2010
fortuna
woodlands road
harpsden
RG9 4AB
06 12 2010
Wildlife Cafe
Wyevale Country Gardens
Reading Road
Harpsden
HENLEY-ON-THAMES
RG9 4AE
30 11 2010
Wyevale Country Gardens
Reading Road
Harpsden
HENLEY-ON-THAMES
RG9 4AE
30 11 2010
Ash Farm
Upper Bolney
Harpsden
Henley on Thames
Hallemead House
Woodlands Road
Harpsden
HENLEY-ON-THAMES
RG9 4AB
Holly Place
Station Road
Shiplake
RG9 3JP
Mount Ida
Reading Road
Shiplake
HENLEY-ON-THAMES
RG9 3PH
Thames Farm
Harpsden Woods
Harpsden
HENLEY-ON-THAMES
RG9 4AD
The Beeches
Woodlands Road
Harpsden
HENLEY ON THAMES
RG9 4AB
Woodlands Cottage
Woodlands Road
Harpsden
HENLEY-ON-THAMES
RG9 4AA
Application Progress
Date Received
18th November 2010
Registration Date
19th November 2010
Start Consultation Period
19th November 2010
End Consultation Period
24th December 2010
Target Decision Date
14th January 2011
Decision
Refusal of Planning Permission on 10th March 2011
Conditions / Refusal Reasons
The application site lies in a rural area where new housing development is strictly controlled with regard to Policy H6 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011 (SOLP). However, the principle of the conversion of the existing building to a residential use may be acceptable provided that all of the relevant criteria of Policy E8 of the SOLP are complied with. In relation to Criterion (vii) of Policy E8 and Policy E6 of the SOLP there is an extant planning permission for a Class B1 use of the building and the applicant has not demonstrated that this use or other non-residential uses of the building have been fully explored and found to be unacceptable in planning terms. There are no other material considerations of sufficient weight, particularly having regard to the location and appearance of the existing building, to set aside the provisions of the development plan and as such the proposal fails to accord with Policy E8 of the SOLP in particular and guidance contained within PPS4.
Visibility from the Upper Bolney lane access onto the A4155 is substandard, and the proposal to convert the barn to a large residential property would result in an intensification of use of this substandard access, which would be detrimental to highway safety, contrary to Policies E8 and T1 of the adopted South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.
Appeal
Appeal Allowed on 7 March 2012
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