On the 4 February 2022 the South OXfordshire District Council refused the application P21/S1503/O of the development of 350 house off Papist Way by JT Leavesley Limited. The SODC gave the following reasons: The application site is not allocated for development in either the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035, or the Cholsey Neighbourhood Plan (CNP) (2019) and lies outside the…
The proposal made in the above-referenced planning application is contrary to National Planning Policy and the local development plan which comprises the recently adopted South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035 and the Cholsey Neighbourhood Plan. National Policy in the National Planning Policy Framework at paragraph 12 indicates that: ‘The presumption in favour of sustainable development does not change the statutory status…