Application registered
Consultation
period
Application under consideration
Decision
made
Description
Change of use with alterations of existing redundant farm building to B1(A) use (Office). (As amended by plans accompanying letter from agent dated 21 February 1997).
Location
Belchers Barn, Toot Baldon
Grid Reference
456913/200775
Applicant
The Queens College
OXFORD
Agent
John Spratley Partners
Overy Farm
Dorchester-on-Thames
WALLINGFORD, Oxon, OX10 7JU
Constraints
Toot Baldon Conservation Area
Consultation / Notification
No further Representations on this application will be accepted.
Consultations / Notifications to date are shown below.
Name / Number
Date Sent
Response Date
c/o Mr. G. Hall
8 Queens Close,
Dorchester-on-Thames,
WALLINGFORD, Oxon OX10 7LR
03 04 1997
Tech.Dir,Babtie Engineering S.
06 01 1997
The Queens Cottage
Toot Baldon
OXFORD
OX44 9NG
28 01 1997
7 Queens Cottage
Toot Baldon
OXFORD
OX44 9NG
20 03 1997
Building Control Serv.Manager
11 03 1997
72 Glengowan Road
Toronto
Ontario
M4N 1GA
Highways Liaison Officer
INTERNAL POST
Application Progress
Date Received
2nd January 1997
Registration Date
2nd January 1997
Start Consultation Period
2nd January 1997
End Consultation Period
12th February 1997
Target Decision Date
27th February 1997
Decision
Refusal of Planning Permission on 9th April 1997
Conditions / Refusal Reasons
That the development would be contrary to the provisions of the adopted
Central Oxfordshire Local Plan (1992) and the approved South Oxfordshire
Local Plan (1993). The fundamental aim of the Council is to protect the
attractive character, landscape and countryside of the District by
generally restraining development (Policies G1). New business
development in the Oxford Green Belt and the countryside will only be
permitted where it involves the conversion of appropriate buildings
which are suitable for the proposed use without major rebuilding and
there are no overriding highway objections (COLP Policy CON15;
SOLP Policy C11). The proposal involves the substantial rebuilding of
a barn which is in a poor state of repair in the attractive open
countryside surrounding Toot Baldon and a material increase in the
use of a substandard access which lacks adequate vision. As such the
proposals would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt
and would be detrimental to highway safety. No very special
circumstances exist in this case to justify setting aside these
objections.
Appeal
Appeal Dismissed on 5 November 1997
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