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Verge at Howland Road Thame OX9 3GQ

P26/S0864/FULMinor (Full Application)Refused
Full

Refused on 1 July 2026

Council decision: Refusal of Planning Permission2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Construction of a micro energy storage facility.

Received
19 March 2026
  1. Received19 Mar
  2. Validated19 Mar
  3. Consult.24 Apr
  4. Target14 May
  5. Decided1 Jul

Decided in 104 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Verge at Howland Road Thame OX9 3GQ. South Oxfordshire has handled 3,382 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 7 weeks longer than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 422 applications in total for the OX9 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. Insufficient information has been provided to demonstrate that the proposed development would incorporate safe and suitable access arrangements for the future operation and maintenance of the site. In particular, the proposal fails to demonstrate adequate provision for maintenance vehicle access, parking and turning to enable vehicles to enter and leave the site in a forward gear. Furthermore, insufficient evidence has been submitted to demonstrate that the proposed access would not result in an unacceptable impact on highway safety. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policy TRANS5 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035.
  2. The proposed energy storage facility, by reason of its scale, siting, and industrial appearance, would result in the loss of part of a publicly accessible area of open amenity space and would appear as an incongruous and visually intrusive feature within the street scene. The development would erode the open and landscaped character of the site, fail to respond positively to the local context, and detract from the character and appearance of the area. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies DES1, DES2 and ENV5 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035 and paragraph 135 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
OX9 3GQ
Application type
Minor (Full Application)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 March 2026
Consultation expiry
24 April 2026
Consultation start
1 April 2026
Consultation end
24 April 2026
Target decision date
14 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
No appeal lodged.

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

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, 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.

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© 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.

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Source: South Oxfordshire

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