Melfort, Hamels Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DJ
Approved on 5 October 2026
Council decision: Planning Permission is Granted8 conditions
Proposal
Detached Hydro Therapy Pool with associated changing and external works
- Received
- 14 July 2026
- ReceivedReceived14 Jul
- ValidatedValidated14 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided5 Oct
Decided in 83 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a planning application at Melfort Hamels Lane Boars Hill Oxford OX1 5DJ. Vale of White Horse has handled 382 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 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.
96% of other development 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 5DJ
- Application type
- Other Development
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Lewis Dixey
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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.
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Vale of White Horse
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