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Chimney Meadows Nature Reserve Chimney Bampton Oxfordshire

20/03409/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 April 2021

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Construction of Shifford Weir Fish Bypass, comprising excavation of a new approx 450m long naturalised fish bypass channel, including one culvert under existing flood embankment, wooden handrails to edge of culvert, use of excavated materials to improve BBOWT access for future management of the reserve, together with temporary construction accesses and temporary construction compound on land near public highway in Duxford, and reinstatement of land following completion of the construction works.

Received
16 December 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Standlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt
Agent
Adams Hendry Consulting Ltd
  1. Received16 Dec
  2. Validated16 Dec
  3. Consult.10 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Apr

Decided in 120 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Chimney Meadows Nature Reserve Chimney Bampton Oxfordshire. West Oxfordshire has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 10 weeks longer than West Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Standlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt.

95% of full applications at West Oxfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Aston, Cote, Shifford And Chimney

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 December 2020
Last date for comments
10 March 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Adams Hendry Consulting Ltd
Agent address
Sheridan House 40-43 Jewry Street Winchester SO23 8RY

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09305071
Documents
60

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

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: West Oxfordshire

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