Little Sparrows, Sonning Common, Oxfordshire
Refused on 30 June 2020
Council decision: Refusal of Planning Permission
Proposal
Hybrid planning application for the development of a continuing care retirement community care village of up to 133 units with ancillary communal and care facilities and green space consisting of (i) A full planning application for 73 assisted living units within a "village core" building with ancillary communal and care facilities, gardens, green space, landscaping and car parking areas and residential blocks B1-B4; and (ii) An outline application (all matters reserved except access) for up to 60 assisted living units with ancillary community space, gardens, green space and landscaping and car parking areas. (As per Amended Plans and Additional Information Received 27 May 2020)
- Submitted
- 23 December 2019
- ReceivedSubmitted23 Dec
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided30 Jun
Decided in 190 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a planning application at Little Sparrows, Sonning Common, Oxfordshire. South Oxfordshire has handled 27 applications of this type. This one was decided in 190 days, 19 weeks longer than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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
Appeal history
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- National Landscape (AONB): Chilterns
- Ancient woodland: Slades WoodPart of the site
- 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 (20)
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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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