Land to the south of Watlington Road, Benson
Approved on 31 March 2026
Council decision: Application is not yet decidedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
EIA screening opinion request on a proposed development of 170 homes.
- Received
- 12 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Agent
- Walsingham Planning
- ReceivedReceived12 Mar
- ValidatedValidated12 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date2 Apr
- DecidedDecided31 Mar
Decided in 19 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Land to the south of Watlington Road, Benson. South Oxfordshire has handled 540 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 days, 5 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.
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
- Screening Opinion
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 170
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 2 April 2026
- Application expires
- 2 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Walsingham Planning
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Appeal
- Appeal status
- No appeal lodged.
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
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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- Walsingham Planning · Agent for this application
- Walsingham Planning Limited · Agent for this application
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