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Land at Crowell Road Chinnor

P21/S0804/OMajor (Outline)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 June 2022

Council decision: Appeal against Non Determination - Recommend Approval

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline application (with all matters reserved except Layout and Access), for the erection of up to 54 age restricted dwellings (for people aged 55 and over), including 40% affordable housing and communal facilities, on land to the north of Crowell Road, Chinnor. New vehicular access to be created off Crowell Road, along with the retention of the existing pedestrian access to Oakley Road to the North (additional information received 31 March 2021 and 6 June 2021 and 29 October 2021 and 10 December 2021)

Received
17 February 2021
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.30 Jul
  4. Target10 Sep
  5. Decided17 Jun

Decided in 457 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land at Crowell Road Chinnor. South Oxfordshire has handled 540 applications of this type. This one was decided in 485 days, 61 weeks longer than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address.

84% of outline 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
Major (Outline)
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2021
Consultation expiry
30 July 2021
Consultation start
24 March 2021
Consultation end
30 July 2021
Target decision date
10 September 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
177 days

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal Allowed on 17 June 2022

Appeal history

3289271
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: InquiryDecision: 17 June 2022Dev Type: Major dwellingsReason: Failure

Additional information

Documents
360

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Oakley Conservation AreaNext to the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Lower FarmOn or next to this 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, 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.

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

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Source: South Oxfordshire

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