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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

P23/S1112/NMOther (Non Mat'l Amendment)Refused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 26 April 2023

Council decision: Rejected

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Non-material amendment to application ref. P21/S0676/RM - changes to the approved site layout (Plots 40 & 49). (Reserved matters application for the development of 240 dwellings, associated internal accesses, parking, internal road and footpath network, open space, children's play areas, allotments with associated parking, drainage attenuation works, landscaping, vehicular access from the B4009 and all other associated works pursuant to outline permission P17/S1964/O )

Received
24 March 2023
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated4 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 May
  5. Decided26 Apr

Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission 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 642 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 weeks quicker than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Benson conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

88% of amendment 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
Other (Non Mat'l Amendment)
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
240

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 April 2023
Target decision date
2 May 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Appeal

Appeal status
No appeal lodged.

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Benson Conservation Area
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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.

Source: South Oxfordshire

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