Agenda item


The Beeches, Heyford Road, Steeple Aston, OX25 4SN

Decision:

Refused, reasons to be set out in the minutes.

Minutes:

The Committee considered application 20/02227/OUT for the erection of up to 10 dwellings with all matters reserved except the means of access on to Heyford Road at The Beeches, Heyford Road, Steeple Aston, OX25 4SN  for Adrian Shooter.

 

Mitchell Barnes of Framptons, Agent for the application, addressed the Committee in support of the application.

 

In reaching its decision the Committee considered the officer’s report and presentation, the address of the public speaker and the written updates.

 

Resolved

 

(1)      That application 20/02227/OUT be refused after 14 November 2020 or upon receipt of the Lead Local Flood Authorities further consultation response whichever was the sooner and include reason 3 of the reasons for refusal listed below only if the Lead Local Flood Authority objections had not been addressed through the submission received on 3 November 2020:

 

1.       The proposed development would not make effective and efficient use of land and would significantly encroach into the countryside beyond the built-up limits of Steeple Aston; contrary to the housing strategy of the Development Plan for the area, for which it has not been demonstrated that there is a justified need. In its proposed location the development would therefore be an unjustified and unsustainable form of development.  As such the proposal is contrary to Policies BSC2, ESD1,  Villages 1 and Villages 2 of the Cherwell Local Plan 2011-2031 Part 1, Saved Policy H18 of the Cherwell Local Plan 1996, Policy PD1 of the Mid Cherwell Neighbourhood Plan 2018 and Government guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

2.       The proposed development represents inappropriate ‘back-land’ development that would fail to relate well to the pattern of development in the area and would appear as an intrusion of built form into the countryside, detracting from the rural character and quality of the area the setting of the village. As such the proposal is contrary to Policies ESD13 and ESD15 of the Cherwell Local Plan 2011 - 2031 Part 1, Saved Policies C28 and C30 of the Cherwell Local Plan 1996, and Government guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

3.       By virtue of a lack supporting information to enable an appropriate technical assessment the proposals have failed to demonstrate that an appropriate sustainable drainage strategy for the site utilising sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) can be delivered. As such the proposal is contrary to Policy ESD7 of the Cherwell Local Plan 2011 - 2031 Part 1 Government guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

4.       In the absence of the completion of a satisfactory Section 106 Agreement, the Local Planning Authority is not convinced that the necessary infrastructure directly required as a result of this development, in the interests of supporting the sustainability of the village and the development, and in the interests of safeguarding public infrastructure and securing on site future maintenance arrangements, will be provided. This would be contrary to Policies INF1, PSD1, BSC3, BSC10, BSC11 and BSC12 of the Cherwell Local Plan 2011-2031 Part 1 and Governmentguidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.      

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