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The School Of St Helen & St Katharine Faringdon Road Abingdon Oxon OX14 1BE

P02/V0704MajorPermitted
Full

Proposal

Replacement studio theatre, music practise rooms, back stage facilities, foyer, gallery and links to main school, together with new plant room and separate electricity sub-station.

Received
25 April 2002
Decided
4 July 2002 · Planning Permission
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received25 Apr
  2. Validated25 Apr
  3. Consult.30 May
  4. Target20 Jun
  5. Decided4 Jul

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Vale of White Horse95% of full applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is a full planning application at The School Of St Helen & St Katharine Faringdon Road Abingdon Oxon OX14 1BE. Vale of White Horse has handled 3,453 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 64 days. This one was decided in 70 days, 6 days longer than Vale of White Horse's median. There have been 18 other applications at this address. We hold 1,930 applications in total for the OX14 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
P02/V0704
Address
The School Of St Helen & St Katharine Faringdon Road Abingdon Oxon OX14 1BE
Postcode
OX14 1BE
Local Authority
Vale of White Horse
Application Type
Major
Scale / Size
Medium
Decision Status
Permitted

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
25 April 2002
Consultation Expiry
30 May 2002
Target Decision Date
20 June 2002
Date Decided
4 July 2002
Date Validated
25 April 2002
Date Submitted
25 April 2002
Consultation Start
25 April 2002
Consultation End
30 May 2002

Planning Decision

Decision
Planning Permission
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Appeal Status
No appeal lodged.

Additional Information

Documents
12
Coordinates
51.676384, -1.296630
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Vale of White Horse

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Planning history at this site

18 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2012
    11 Jun

    Installation of lighting columns to existing hard play area.

    WithdrawnMinor (Full Application)P12/V1312/FUL
  2. 2005
    25 May

    Siting of portable building for two academic years to provide additional study space for sixth form students.

    ApprovedOtherP05/V0743
  3. 2004
    9 Nov

    Relaxation of condition 10 to allow occasional car parking on main sports field.

    ApprovedMinorP04/V1799
  4. 2004
    6 Aug

    Proposed siting of a temporary building (Rovacabin).

    ApprovedMinorP04/V1340
  5. 2004
    11 Mar

    Erection of new gymnasium and fitness suite with changing rooms. Groundsmans store.

    ApprovedMinorP04/V0438
  6. 2004
    17 Feb

    Additional capping to studio theatre roof and roof duct work. (Retrospective).

    ApprovedMinorP04/V0218

Planning constraints

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 and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

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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