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Land to the north east of Benson to the north of, Watlington Road/The Sands (B4009) and east of Hale Road, Benson

P17/S1964/OOutline Planning ApplicationApproved

Approved on 21 December 2020

Council decision: Outline Planning Permission is Granted

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Residential development comprising up to 240 dwellings including associated internal accesses, parking, internal road and footpath network, open space, children's play areas, community garden with associated parking, drainage attenuation works, landscaping, vehicular access from the B4009, emergency access from Hale Road and land to be safeguarded for future infrastructure to form part of the Edge Road around Benson (as per revisions and letter dated 9 November 2017).

Submitted
6 June 2017
  1. Received6 Jun
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Dec

Decided in 1294 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Land to the north east of Benson to the north of, Watlington Road/The Sands (B4009) and east of Hale Road, Benson. South Oxfordshire has handled 27 applications of this type. There has been 1 other application at this address.

94% of all applications at South Oxfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Outline Planning Application

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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  1. 2023
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    Non-material amendment to application ref. P21/S0676/RM

    RefusedNon-material amendmentAmendmentP23/S1112/NM
  2. 2021
    1 Mar

    Reserved matters application for the development of 240 dwellings, associated internal accesses, parking…

    ApprovedReserved mattersRelatedP21/S0676/RM
  3. 2017
    6 Jun

    Residential development comprising up to 240 dwellings including associated internal accesses, parking…

    This applicationApprovedOutline Planning ApplicationP17/S1964/O

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