Planning Application Details

That the proposal would be contrary to policy EN5 of the Oxfordshire Structure Plan, policy G4 of the Oxfordshire Structure Plan (deposit draft) and policy GB2 of the adopted South Oxfordshire Local Plan and advice contained in PPG2. The site lies within the Oxford Green Belt wherein there is a general presumption against new development apart from that which is essential for the needs of agriculture, forestry and recreation, and strict 'infill' housing development within the larger villages. The proposals do not fall into any of the above categories and there are no very special circumstances to warrant any departure from these Green Belt policies. The proposal would be contrary to the principles of sustainability guiding the location of new development in PPG13 and policy G1 of the Oxfordshire Structure Plan (deposit draft), in that Cuddesdon is a small village with few facilities and not well served by public transport. There is unlikely to be a significant potential workforce within Cuddesdon, and the development would result in significant numbers of staff and visitors travelling to the site mainly by private car. That the proposal would be contrary to policy G10 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan in that the existing access is substandard and unsuitable for the increased usage proposed, and the local road network is by way of geometry and visibility unsuitable to serve the proposed development. The proposals would thereby be detrimental to the safety and convenience of users of the public highway. That the proposal would be contrary to the provisions of policy G8, C16, GB4 and C3 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan. Having regard to the excessive size, bulk and massing of the proposed building and to its siting in relation to mature trees on the site, the proposals would result in a prominent and intrusive form of development, involving the loss of trees which are important to the local scene, and a form of development which would materially harm the rural character and appearance of this part of Cuddesdon and of the Oxford Green Belt, and this Area of Great Landscape Value. That the proposal would be contrary to policy G8, in that having regard to the extent of the proposed building and to its siting adjacent to residential properties, the development is likely to adversely affect the privacy and residential amenity currently enjoyed by the occupiers of adjacent properties. That the proposal would be contrary to policy CON7 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan. Having regard to the excessive size, bulk and massing of the proposed building, the development would adversely affect the setting of the existing Chapel, a Grade II listed building and Cuddesdon Church, a Grade I listed building.