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Consultation
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Application under consideration
Decision
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Description
The construction of 4 x 2-bedroom dwellings and 1 x 3-bedroom dwelling meeting the requirements of Building Regulations Approved Document M4(2): Category 2 - Accessible and Adaptable dwellings, together with 1 x 2-bedroom dwelling meeting the requirements of Building Regulations Approved Document M4(2): Category 3 - Wheelchair user dwelling. Ancillary works to include access, parking, private amenity space and landscaping. In addition the provision of a Public Amenity Space for the benefit of North Moreton to include a large community woodland, a pond, grassland with mown paths, specimen oak trees, heritage fruit trees and wine/jam makers hedging. (As amplified by Highways Technical Note 8145/02 January 2022 received 26 January 2022 and Ecological information received 3 march 2022).
Location
Field fronting Long Wittenham Road North Moreton
Grid Reference
455847/189744
Applicant
Ashbrook Limited
Ashbrook House
Westbrook Street
Blewbury
OX11 9QA
Agent
RPA Architects Ltd
Strathfield House
Chilton Road
Upton
OX11 9JL
Consultation / Notification
No further Representations on this application will be accepted.
Consultations / Notifications to date are shown below.
Name / Number
Date Sent
Response Date
North Moreton Parish Council
c/o Mr A Wise
42 Balmoral Road
Didcot
Oxon
OX11 8TY
25 01 2022
Conservation Officer (South and Vale)
25 01 2022
Countryside Officer (South and Vale)
01 04 2022
Forestry Officer (South and Vale)
27 01 2022
South -Highways Liaison Officer (Oxfordshire County Council)
01 02 2022
Landscape Architect (South and Vale)
25 04 2022
North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Waste Management Officer (District Council)
4 Long Wittenham Road
North Moreton
Didcot
OX11 9AZ
14 pomegranate road
Newbold
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S41 7BN
09 01 2022
Highmoor
Long Wittenham Road
North Moreton
Didcot
OX11 9AZ
13 01 2022
22 Willow End
Didcot
OX11 6EA
15 01 2022
Energy Assessor (ESE Ltd)
25 01 2022
7 Queens Way
North Moreton
Didcot
OX11 9AY
27 01 2022
4 Grove Terrace
West Hagbourne
Didcot
OX11 0NL
28 01 2022
6 Queens Way
North Moreton
Didcot
OX11 9AY
29 01 2022
2 Greenlands Farm Cottages
Cow Lane
Moulsford
Wallingford
OX10 9JT
29 01 2022
18 bernstein road
Basingstoke
Hampshire
Rg22 4nd
29 01 2022
Fieldview
3 Queens Way
North Moreton
Didcot
OX11 9AY
30 01 2022
Dalhousie
Wallingford Road
North Moreton
Didcot
OX11 9BA
31 01 2022
South and Vale District of CPRE
01 02 2022
3 Long Wittenham Road
North Moreton
Didcot
OX11 9AZ
01 02 2022
Waste Management Officer (District Council)
22 04 2022
Application Type
Minor
(Full Application)
Application Progress
Date Received
16th December 2021
Registration Date
16th December 2021
Start Consultation Period
4th January 2022
End Consultation Period
2nd February 2022
Target Decision Date
31st January 2023
Decision
Refusal of Planning Permission on 16th January 2023
Conditions / Refusal Reasons
The Development Plan identifies appropriate locations for new development. Planning permission for new houses will not be granted unless the development falls within strictly defined criteria. Within the smaller villages planning permission will only be granted for new housing on infill or redevelopment sites within the existing built up limits. Whilst the site is within the parish of North Moreton (a smaller village), it is on the edge of the built up limits of the village. In this case the site is not an infill or a redevelopment site. The development would extend the village into the countryside and result in the loss of 'Very Good Quality' agricultural land which has not been adequately justified. As such, the proposal is unacceptable in principle contrary to Policies STRAT1, DES7, H1, H8 and H16 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035.
The development proposed would constitute an extension of the village into the open countryside representing an intensification of use, both in terms of height and density, which would adversely affect the rural landscape character and the setting of this part of North Moreton which lies within the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The NPPF makes it clear that development in these areas should be limited and sensitively designed and should demonstrate conservation or enhancement of the AONB. The provision of four new dwellings on the site would not conserve or enhance the character of the area but would add visual intrusion detracting from the rural character of the area. In addition, there would be new domestic paraphernalia and lighting associated with the dwellings which would further add to clutter and visual intrusion. The proposal conflicts with Policies ENV1 and ENV12 (by introducing light pollution) of the adopted South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035 and the proposal conflicts with advice in Part 15 of the NPPF
The development fails to provide financial contributions to affordable housing and is contrary to Policy H9 of the adopted South Oxfordshire Local Plam 2035.
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