89 New Road East Hagbourne OX11 9LB

1. 1.The proposed development by virtue of the scale, design, massing, siting in close proximity to boundaries with adjoining properties would constitute a cramped overdevelopment of the site, the proposed dwellings would have a overbearing effect upon the adjoining properties resulting in unsatisfactory design that would be out of keeping with the site and detrimental to the visual amenities of the immediate surrounding character of the area. As such, the development fails to comply with Policies ENV1, DES1, and DES2 of the adopted South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035, Policy VC1 and VC3 of The East Hagbourne Neighbourhood Plan and paragraph 2 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
2. 2.The proposed development would create overlooking resulting in significant adverse impacts on the amenity of neighbouring host dwelling and occupants of the proposed dwelling (Plot B) privacy and conflicts with Policy DES6 and P25/S3788/FUL ENV11 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2025 and principles within the Joint South and Vale Design Guide.
3. 3.Insufficient information has been provided to demonstrate (ie lack of tracking and vision splay details) that the increased activity at the access would not lead to highway safety issues and conflict with the Great Mead junction contrary to Policy TRANS5 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035.
4. 4.The lack of a Preliminary Roost Assessment (PRA) of all buildings on site, in order to to assess their suitability for roosting bats and to search for evidence of roosting has not been provided. To protect the important species on the site, in accordance with Policies ENV2 and ENV3 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035.
5. 5.The BNG Technical Note assessment has failed to correctly assess the baseline of biodiversity at the site, which had included a medium tree. In ensuring that there is no net loss of biodiversity, in accordance with Policies ENV2 and ENV3 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035.
6. 6.The development to which this refusal relates is liable to pay the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) as set out in the South Oxfordshire Charging Schedule. Please refer to the CIL Regulations 2010 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

OX11 9LB

Application type

Minor (Full Application)

Scale / size

Medium

Date validated

22 December 2025

Consultation expiry

11 February 2026

Consultation start

5 January 2026

Consultation end

11 February 2026

Target decision date

27 February 2026

Statutory period

67 days

Appeal status

No appeal lodged.

Documents

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