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Orchard House High Street Kingston Blount OX39 4SJ

P26/S0846/HHOther (Householder)Refused
Householder

Refused on 26 May 2026

Council decision: Refusal of Planning Permission2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Installation of two air-conditioning units to side elevation of residential dwelling (Retrospective).

Received
18 March 2026
  1. Received18 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.8 May
  4. Target26 May
  5. Decided26 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Orchard House High Street Kingston Blount OX39 4SJ. South Oxfordshire has handled 3,382 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Kingston Blount conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,026 applications in total for the OX39 postcode area.

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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Why it was refused

  1. The air conditioning units, by reason of their siting, scale, projection from the side elevation of dwelling, and associated noise impacts, would represent an intrusive and incongruous addition that would fail to preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the Kingston Blount Conservation Area. The units would result in harmful visual intrusion into views from a historically important public right of way within the historic core of the settlement and would detract from its informal rural character and pedestrian experience. The proposal would result in harm to the special character and appearance of the conservation area, for which no overriding public benefits have been demonstrated. The development is therefore contrary to Section 72 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, paragraph 213 and 215 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2024, and Policies DES1, DES2, ENV6 and ENV8 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035.
  2. The proposed units are located in close proximity to the neighbouring residential property to the southwest, within a residential area, and adjoin a public right of way. In the absence of sufficient supporting information, it has not been possible to adequately assess whether the operation of the air conditioning units would result in unacceptable levels of noise and disturbance to the detriment of the neighbouring occupiers and the local amenity of the surrounding area, including users of the adjoining public right of way. As such, the Local Planning Authority is not satisfied that the proposal would not result in unacceptable residential and local amenity impacts and therefore fails to demonstrate compliance with Policies DES6 and ENV12 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
OX39 4SJ
Application type
Other (Householder)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2026
Consultation expiry
8 May 2026
Consultation start
2 April 2026
Consultation end
8 May 2026
Target decision date
26 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
No appeal lodged.

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Kingston Blount 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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