Land north of Spring Hill, Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor

6005809·Vale of White Horse·14 Sept 2026allowed·P24/V2357/O

Tier label used

Larger Village / Local Service Centres

The tier sentence ¶13

“KBS is a ‘Larger Village’”

Summary

Outline for up to 249 homes (35% affordable) on unallocated farmland at the edge of Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor, a 'Larger Village'. Allowed after inquiry. The inspector found the council still had a five-year supply, but only by about 88 homes. The inspector held that S5(1)(j) was met anyway, because "evidenced unmet need" is "not limited to" a supply shortfall or a low HDT score, and a very marginal supply plus significant affordable need together met it. Restrictive local-plan settlement policies got limited weight under Annex A(2), and the benefits "substantially outweigh" the limited harm.

The location finding

TR3(1)(a): pass. 20-minute bus to Oxford outside the site; walk to primary school about double the 800 m walkable-neighbourhood figure but comparable to existing homes, footway upgrades secured (DL 47-53)

Why this is cited

Larger Village tier framed the spatial-strategy conflict; restrictive parts found materially inconsistent and given limited weight; allowed. In the register this counts as a case where the tier counted against the site.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6005809.txt

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