Planning Application Details

That the proposal would be contrary to policies of the adopted Rural Areas Local Plan and approved South Oxfordshire Local Plan. Except on specifically allocated sites (RALP H2; SOLP H2), residential development will generally be limited to strict infilling or the erection of up to nine dwellings within the built-up area of larger villages (RALP H3 and H4; SOLP H4 and H5). New dwellings on the edge of settlements which would extend their built-up area into the countryside will not normally be permitted (RALP G3 and H5, SOLP G5 and H6). The need to protect the countryside for its own sake is a paramount consideration (RALP C1; SOLP C1); development which would damage the attractive landscape setting of villages will not normally be permitted (SOLP C6); and the District Council will protect Areas of Great Landscape Value from development which would have an adverse effect on the character and appearance of the landscape (RALP C8; SOLP C3). The site is not allocated for development in the Local Plans and is not wholly within the built-up confines of the village. Its development would extend the built-up area of the village into the countryside to the detriment of the rural character and landscape of an Area of Great Landscape Value and of the setting of the village.