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P25/V2736/DIS - Discharge Conditions Decided

Proposal

Discharge of Conditions 18(Biodiversity Enhancement Plan), 23(Foul Drainage) and 24(Surface Water Drainage Scheme) on Outline planning application for a residential development of up to 4,254 dwellings, mixed-use local centres, primary schools, sports pitches, community and leisure facilities, special needs school, open space and extensive green infrastructure, hard and soft landscaping, attenuation areas, diversions to public rights of way, pedestrian and vehicular access and associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 3 Oct 2026, 21:46

Application progress

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Received

15 Dec 2025

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Discharge Partially Agreed

4 Feb 2026

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Appeal dismissed

7 Aug 2026

Discharge Partially Agreed on 4 Feb 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Documents 1

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application - Application Form · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 1

Agricultural land, grade 3b, surveyed

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: Natural England's post-1988 ALC field survey (Reading). Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4; the survey is the definitive reading.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Survey report ↗

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Vale of White Horse
Application type: Discharge Conditions
Received: 15 Dec 2025
Validated: 15 Dec 2025
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 9 Feb 2026
Decision: Discharge Partially Agreed
Decision date: 4 Feb 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Appeal: Dismissed · 7 Aug 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6004296 ↗
Applicant: Show
Agent: Persimmon Homes Wessex

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 3 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 24 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry: 9 Feb 2026

Vale of White Horse

Planning Authority Score

4.5/10

Below average

#176 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

Vale of White Horse ranks #198 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 51% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Vale of White Horse decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

95%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #32 of 296

96%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #64 of 296

57%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #198 of 296

51%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #232 of 296

86%

Minor dwellings approved

83 decided (1-9 homes)

88%

Major dwellings approved

16 decided (10+ homes)

90%

Change of use approved

31 decided

1,015

Total decisions

51 refused in the year to March 2026