Land rear 79a & 81 Lower Icknield Way Chinnor OX39 4EA

P26/S2950/PIPPermission in principleRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 2 September 2026

Council decision: Refusal of Permission in PrincipleNot Yet Recommended

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

Proposal

Application for Permission in Principle Development Proposed 8 to 9 self/custom build dwellings.

Received: 27 July 2026
Decision level: Not Yet Recommended
Council: South Oxfordshire District Council

ReceivedReceived27 Jul
ValidatedValidated27 Jul
Consult.Consultation21 Aug
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided2 Sep

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land rear 79a & 81 Lower Icknield Way Chinnor OX39 4EA. South Oxfordshire has handled 540 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,026 applications in total for the OX39 postcode area.

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

Postcode: OX39 4EA
Application type: Permission in principle
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 July 2026
Consultation expiry: 21 August 2026
Consultation start: 3 August 2026
Consultation end: 21 August 2026
Application expires: 31 August 2026

Planning decision

Case officer: Paul Lucas
Statutory period: 35 days

Additional information

Documents: 22

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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.

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.

Source: South Oxfordshire

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