Description
Erection of three dwellings. (As clarified and amended by drawing nos 833/PL-01C, 02C, 03C, 04C, 05B, 06C, 07B, 08C, 09B, 10B, 11B, 12B, 13B, 14B, 15B and 16B). Revision B drawing provided sections, increased the area of bank and re-sited dwellings. Rev C drawings remove wall on north boundary from the application area.
Conditions / Refusal Reasons
The design and scale of the new dwellings is not in keeping with the wider character of Ewelme and would detract from the visual amenity of the area and the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. As such the proposal is contrary to Policies CSQ3 and CSEN1 of the adopted South Oxfordshire Core Strategy 2017 and saved Policies D1, and H4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.
The proposal represents an overbearing form of development having regard to the changes of level across Eyres Close and the height and massing of the proposed dwellings in comparison to properties on the south side of Eyres Close. As such the development would detract from the residential amenity of the occupants of 4 and 6 Eyres Close contrary to saved Policy H4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011.
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