Conditions / Refusal Reasons
That the site lies in an isolated scatter of development at Witheridge
Hill outside the confines of any settlement. The replacement of the
existing dwelling with a substantial two storey house would fail to
comply with the volume restrictions set out in policy H16 of the Council's
adopted South Oxfordshire Local Plan and would result in an inappropriate
and intrusive development which would detract from the character and
amenity of the locality which forms part of the Chilterns Area of
Outstanding Natural Beauty. In addition the application fails to
demonstrate that the cost of renovating the existing dwelling would
be uneconomic. Therefore, the development would be contrary to
the general/countryside and housing policies of the Oxfordshire
Structure Plan 2011, particularly policies G2, G5, EN1, EN4 and H1
and the Council's adopted South Oxfordshire Local Plan, particularly
policies G1, G5, C2, C6 and H16.