Planning Application Details

The proposed development would be contrary to the provisions of the Oxfordshire Structure Plan 2011 which seeks to restrain development outside the country towns (G1); to protect the environment from potentially harmful development (EN1); and to restrict development in the Green Belt to agricultural, forestry or recreational purposes only (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. The proposed development would be contrary to the provisions of the adopted South Oxfordshire Local Plan which seeks to restrain overall levels of development (G3), 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 and within the smaller villages in the Green Belt (G5, H6). The proposal to erect three dwellings on this site would result in an undesirable extension of residential development on the edge of this part of Waterstock village, to the detriment of the rural character and appearance of the Green Belt. The removal of the existing agricultural buildings some of which are still in use, 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. The development would be contrary to the provisions of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan as the form and details of the development proposed would fail to preserve or enhance the character of the Waterstock Conservation Area (SOLP CON8, CON10).