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Cuttle Brook Local Nature Reserve Oxford Road Thame

P25/S1979/FULMinor (Full Application)Approved
Full

Approved on 23 September 2025

Council decision: Planning Permission

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for two scrapes (shallow ponds) the placement of arising spoil within the Cuttle Brook Local Nature Reserve (retrospective).

Received
24 June 2025
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated31 Jul
  3. Consult.12 Sep
  4. Target25 Sep
  5. Decided23 Sep

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Cuttle Brook Local Nature Reserve Oxford Road Thame. South Oxfordshire has handled 3,382 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

96% 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

Application type
Minor (Full Application)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 July 2025
Consultation expiry
12 September 2025
Consultation start
15 August 2025
Consultation end
12 September 2025
Target decision date
25 September 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
No appeal lodged.

Additional information

Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Local nature reserve: Cuttle BrookNext to 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 (21)

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, 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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