Land east of Junction 8a, M40 Waterstock OX33 1HT
Refused on 6 November 2023
Council decision: Refusal of Outline Planning Permission
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Proposal
The demolition and clearance of existing buildings and structures to allow for the construction of up to 120,000sqm of Use Class E employment floorspace comprising Research and Development units, Light Industrial units, ancillary offices, ancillary amenity buildings (up to 2,400sqm), Creche (up to 600sqm), Forest School (up to 150sqm), along with new site accesses, internal roads and footpaths, surface and multi storey car parking, open space, landscaping, biodiversity enhancements, drainage features including SUDs and other engineering operations, infrastructure and associated works. All matters of detail reserved.
- Received
- 12 July 2023
- ReceivedReceived12 Jul
- ValidatedValidated17 Jul
- Consult.Consultation10 Sep
- TargetTarget Date6 Nov
- DecidedDecided6 Nov
Decided in 112 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for demolition at Land east of Junction 8a, M40 Waterstock OX33 1HT. South Oxfordshire has handled 540 applications of this type. This one was decided in 117 days, 9 weeks longer than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 501 applications in total for the OX33 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- OX33 1HT
- Application type
- Major (Outline)
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 July 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 10 September 2023
- Consultation start
- 27 July 2023
- Consultation end
- 10 September 2023
- Target decision date
- 6 November 2023
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 112 days
Appeal
- Appeal status
- No appeal lodged.
Appeal history
Additional information
- Documents
- 70
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Waterstock Conservation AreaNext to the site
- Green belt: South Oxfordshire
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, listed buildings, 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
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© 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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