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Land the the East of Grenoble Road, Littlemore, OX4 4YS

P23/S2308/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 22 December 2023

Council decision: Planning Permission is Granted

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

Proposal

Development and change of use of land to form an electricity substation compound, to include site excavation and ground work, construction of a substation compound, security fencing, access from Grenoble Road and associated infrastructure and related works (Biodiversity Net Gain Metric received 26 July 2023, revised noise assessment received 2 August 2023, site access and junction visibility splay plan submitted 7 September 2023, and CEMP submitted 26 October 2023).

Submitted
5 July 2023
  1. Received5 Jul
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 170 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Land the the East of Grenoble Road, Littlemore, OX4 4YS. South Oxfordshire has handled 227 applications of this type. This one was decided in 170 days, 16 weeks longer than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,724 applications in total for the OX4 postcode area.

93% of full 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

Postcode
OX4 4YS
Application type
Full Application

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

Source: South Oxfordshire

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