Sewage Treatment Works, Polecat End Lane, Forest Hill, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX33 1EH
Proposal
Section 73 application to continue the development permitted by MW.0006/25 (Extension of Sewage Treatment Works to provide new inlet works elevation screen, balancing tank, above ground pipework, washwater booster station, motor control centre, standby generator and bulk fuel storage, break in chamber, security fence, flow control tank and pumping station, security fencing and associated works), and amend Conditions 1 and 14 to replace the drainage strategy
- Received
- 31 July 2026
- Target decision date
- 30 October 2026
- Council
- Oxfordshire County Council
- ReceivedSubmitted31 Jul
- ValidatedValidated31 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date30 Oct
- DecidedDecided
This is a planning application for an extension at Sewage Treatment Works, Polecat End Lane, Forest Hill, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX33 1EH. Oxfordshire has handled 295 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 79 days. It was submitted on 31 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Forest Hill conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 473 applications in total for the OX33 postcode area.
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Source: Oxfordshire
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Forest Hill Conservation Area
- Green belt: South Oxfordshire
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.
Also checked, none recorded (18)
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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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A listed building is on or next to this site.
- 5.5 miOxfordRTPI
- 8.8 miAbingdon (Oxford Office)RTPI
- 9.2 miChestertonRTPIRICS Regulated
Nearest first, within 25 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.
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