Planning Application Details

That the site comprises an open and spacious area which is important to the character of the Watlington Conservation Area within which the site lies. The proposed development would constitute an undesirable built intrusion in the streetscene which would detract from the character and setting of the Watlington Conservation Area, detrimental to the visual amenity of the locality. As such, the proposal would be contrary to the provisions of the Council's adopted Rural Areas Local Plan, particularly policies G5, CON1, CON4, CON16, H3 and H4, and approved South Oxfordshire Local Plan, particularly policies CON8, CON15, CON20 and H4. That the proposed development, by virtue of its siting, would have an unneighbourly and overbearing impact, in terms of overdominance and overshadowing, on the neighbouring property, 32 Cuxham Road. As such, the proposal would be detrimental to the residential amenities of the occupiers of that property and contrary to the provisions of the Council's adopted Rural Areas Local Plan, in particular policy G5. That the proposed development, by virtue of its siting, including the set back of the dwellinghouse from the adjacent properties and the forward projecting garage, would appear incongruous and intrusive in the streetscene, detrimental to the character and appearance of the Watlington Conservation Area. As such, the propoal would be contrary to the provisions of the Council's adopted Rural Areas Local Plan, particularly policies G5, CON1 and CON2 and approved South Oxfordshire Local Plan, particularly policies G8, CON8 and CON10.