Conditions / Refusal Reasons
The proposed development would be contrary to the provisions of the
Oxfordshire Structure Plan which seeks to restrain development
outside the country towns (G1); to protect the environment from
potentially harmful development (EN1); and to restrict development
in the Green Belt to agricultural, forestry or recreational
purposes only (EN5). The proposal is not intended for any of these
purposes and there is no evidence of any overriding need which would
justify a departure from the planning policies of the Local Planning
Authority.
The proposed development would be contrary to the provisions of the
adopted Central Oxfordshire Local Plan and the approved South
Oxfordshire Local Plan, which seek to restrain overall levels of
development (COLP G1, SOLP G3), particularly in the Green Belt
where there is a general presumption against new development unless
required for agricultural or forestry purposes (COLP GB1; SOLP GB2),
and within the open countryside and on the edge of settlements
(COLP G3, H3; SOLP G5, H6). The proposed mobile home would result
in an undesirable intensification of the existing sporadic form of
development outside the main confines of the village of Wheatley and
within the Green Belt. The proposed mobile home is not required
to serve the needs of the existsing horticultural enterprise and there
are no reasons to justify a departure from the planning policies of
the Local Planning Authority.