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Land on the A423 Southern Bypass between Hinksey Hill Interchange and Kennington Roundabout

P23/V2308/CMOther (County Matters)Approved

Approved on 20 November 2023

Council decision: County Matter - Recommended Approval

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notice of Submission of Further Information in relation to Application for Planning Permission Accompanied by an Environmental Statement (Regulation 25 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 as Amended) (Planning application seeking full planning permission for: - Demolition and replacement of Kennington rail bridge, including single span over the railway lines and culverts for Hinksey Stream East and West; - An eastbound all-traffic lane for left-turning vehicles from the A34 Hinksey Hill Interchange to Old Abingdon Road; - An eastbound lane from Old Abingdon Road to Redbridge Park and Ride, for use by buses and users of Redbridge Park and Ride; - Capacity improvements at Kennington road bridge to enable the proposed eastbound Park and Ride lane to extend over the road bridge and upgrade of the existing parapets on both sides; - Improved eastbound shared use footway and cycleway between A34 Hinksey Hill Interchange and Red Bridge Hollow on Old Abingdon Road; - Replacement westbound shared use footway and cycleway between Kennington Roundabout and slip road to Kennington Road; - Construction of retaining walls on the A423 to the west of Old Abingdon Road junction, to the west of Kennington road bridge and to the west of Kennington rail bridge; - Utility diversions, sustainable drainage systems, landscaping, external lighting, traffic signals alterations at Kennington Roundabout and traffic signs; - All associated engineering and temporary construction works, site compound and storage areas).

Received
11 October 2023
  1. Received11 Oct
  2. Validated11 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Nov
  5. Decided20 Nov

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Land on the A423 Southern Bypass between Hinksey Hill Interchange and Kennington Roundabout. Vale of White Horse has handled 165 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Vale of White Horse's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

93% of all 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

Application type
Other (County Matters)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 October 2023
Target decision date
1 November 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Appeal

Appeal status
No appeal lodged.

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: Oxford

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 (21)

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, 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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