The Pavilion, Playfield Road, Kennington, OX1 5RS
Approved on 26 June 2025
Council decision: Planning Permission is GrantedDelegated (officer decision)13 conditions
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Proposal
Demolition of existing sports pavilion and replacement by all new pavilion with associated car park extension and related external works including free standing grounds maintenance store.(Amended plans and information received 14 April 2025 - updated ecology and biodiversity information and removal of air source heat pumps from proposal)
- Received
- 17 February 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Agent
- SWA Architects
- ReceivedReceived17 Feb
- ValidatedValidated19 Feb
- Consult.Consultation18 Mar
- TargetTarget Date12 May
- DecidedDecided26 Jun
Decided in 127 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at The Pavilion, Playfield Road, Kennington, OX1 5RS. Vale of White Horse has handled 3,451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 129 days, 10 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 5RS
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 February 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 18 March 2025
- Consultation start
- 25 February 2025
- Consultation end
- 18 March 2025
- Target decision date
- 12 May 2025
- Application expires
- 27 June 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- SWA Architects
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 128 days
Appeal
- Appeal status
- No appeal lodged.
Additional information
- Documents
- 31
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Vale of White Horse
- 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 (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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Source: Vale of White Horse
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