Application registered
Consultation
period
Application under consideration
Decision
made
Description
Change of use and extension of 31 Wood Lane from offices (Use Class E) to 7 residential dwellings (Use Class C3).
(Energy statement received 15th July 2022)
Location
31 Wood Lane Sonning Common RG4 9SJ
Applicant
Upton Park Estate Ltd
Woodend
Bakers Wood
Denham
Buckinghamshire
BU9 4QL
Agent
OPS Chartered Surveyors
Garvin Avenue
Beconsfield
Buckinghamshire
HP9 1RD
Consultation / Notification
No further Representations on this application will be accepted.
Consultations / Notifications to date are shown below.
Name / Number
Date Sent
Response Date
Sonning Common Parish Council
Philip Collings (Parish Clerk)
Village Hall
Wood Lane
Sonning Common
Oxon
RG4 9SL
28 04 2022
South -Highways Liaison Officer (Oxfordshire County Council)
27 04 2022
58 Wood Lane
Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9SL
60 Wood Lane
Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9SL
60A Wood Lane
Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9SL
29 Wood Lane
Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9SJ
05 05 2022
33A Wood Lane
Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9SJ
33 Wood Lane
Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9SJ
112 Shiplake Bottom
Peppard Common
Henley-On-Thames
RG9 5HR
27 Wood Lane
Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9SJ
Waste Management Officer (District Council)
11 04 2022
Energy Assessor (ESE Ltd)
25 07 2022
Application Type
Minor
(Full Application)
Application Progress
Date Received
31st March 2022
Registration Date
4th April 2022
Start Consultation Period
7th April 2022
End Consultation Period
30th April 2022
Target Decision Date
31st July 2022
Decision
Refusal of Planning Permission on 2nd August 2022
Conditions / Refusal Reasons
The introduction of an additional dwelling in the proposed location would represent an overdevelopment of the site, resulting in a more cramped and contrived layout at odds with the wider grain of development within the locality. The proposal would erode the design quality of the approved scheme and it would cause material harm to the character of the area. As such, the proposal is contrary to Policies DES1 and DES2 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035, Policy D1 of the Sonning Common Neighbourhood Plan, advice within the Joint South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Council Design Guide 2022 and Paragraphs 134 - 135 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
Having regard to the inadequate size and impractical location of the proposed communal garden area, the proposal would fail to provide a satisfactory standard of amenity for the occupiers of the new development. As such, the proposal is contrary to Policy DES1 and DES5 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035 and advice contained within Section 4 of the Joint South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Council Design Guide 2022. The benefits of granting permission would not outweigh the harm identified by the Council.
Appeal
Appeal Dismissed on 21 February 2023
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