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Land at Bridle Path Woodcote

P25/S3372/OMajor (Outline)Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 27 February 2026

Council decision: Refusal of Planning Permission

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline Application for the development of 41 dwellings forming a later living community, including a community hub building, access from Bridle Path, infrastructure, open space and landscaping. All matters reserved except for means of access. As Amplified by the additional plans and documents submitted in February 2026.

Received
24 October 2025
  1. Received24 Oct
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.5 Dec
  4. Target27 Feb
  5. Decided27 Feb

Decided in 121 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land at Bridle Path Woodcote. South Oxfordshire has handled 540 applications of this type. This one was decided in 126 days, 10 weeks longer than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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
Number of dwellings
41

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2025
Consultation expiry
5 December 2025
Consultation start
6 November 2025
Consultation end
5 December 2025
Target decision date
27 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
121 days

Appeal

Appeal status
No appeal lodged.

Additional information

Documents
47

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Chilterns
  • Ancient woodland: Lackmore/Valentine WoodsPart of 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 (20)

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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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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