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Youlbury Scout Activity Centre Youlbury Boars Hill (in the parishes of Wotton and Cumnor) OX1 5HD

P13/V2610/FULMinor (Full Application)Approved
Full

Approved on 25 April 2014

Council decision: Planning Permission

Proposal

Replacement of the existing Scouting museum building to create a new accommodation lodge. The redevelopment of an existing toilet block and the refurbishment and extension of the existing activity barn.

Received
5 December 2013
  1. Received5 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided25 Apr

Decided in 123 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Youlbury Scout Activity Centre Youlbury Boars Hill (in the parishes of Wotton and Cumnor) OX1 5HD. Vale of White Horse has handled 3,451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 141 days, 12 weeks longer than Vale of White Horse's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,980 applications in total for the OX1 postcode area.

95% of full applications at Vale of White Horse District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
OX1 5HD
Application type
Minor (Full Application)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2013
Consultation expiry
29 January 2014
Consultation start
23 December 2013
Consultation end
29 January 2014
Target decision date
17 February 2014

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
No appeal lodged.

Additional information

Documents
32

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: Vale of White Horse
  • Ancient woodland: Hen Wood
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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: Vale of White Horse

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