Description
Removal of redundant agricultural buildings, retention of existing bungalow, residential development of two dwellings, associated garaging and landscaping. Access. (As amplified by plan received 30 January 1998).
Conditions / Refusal Reasons
The proposed development would be contrary to the provisions of the
Oxfordshire Structure Plan and the Deposit Draft which seek to restain
development outside the country towns (G1); to protect the environment
from potentially harmful development (Structure Plan, EN1, Deposit
Draft, G2), and to restrict development in the Green Belt to
agricultural, forestry or recreational purposes only (Structure Plan
EN5, G4; Deposit Draft G4). 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.
That the proposed development would be contrary to the provisions of
the South Oxfordshire Local Plan which seeks to restrain overall levels
of development (G1), particularly in the Green Belt where there is a
general presumption against new development unless required for
agricultural or forestry purposes (GB2), and within the open countryside,
on the edge of settlements with a restriction to strict infill development
within the larger villages in the Green Belt (G5, H5). The proposal to
erect two dwellings on this site is not strict infill, and would result
in an undesirable extension of residential development on the edge of
Holton village, to the detriment of the rural character and appearance of
the Green Belt. The removal of the existing agricultural buildings would
not provide sufficient justification, nor is there any evidence of any
overriding need to justify, a departure from the planning policies of the
Local Planning Authority. The development would thereby be contrary to
Government guidance in PPG2.
That the proposals would result in a cramped form of development in a
backland position which would detract from the privacy and amenity of
the adjoining properties. The development would thereby be contrary
to policies H18 and G8 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan.
That the erection of 'Unit 4' in open landscape would detract from
the rural character of the area which lies within an Area of Great
Landscape Value. The development would thereby be contrary to
policy C3 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan.
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