Road Passing Wheatley Park School, Holton, Oxford, OX33 1QH Data via plota.co.uk

P26/S0957/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Change of use to play area Including provision of relocated pavilion and provision of playhouse, play equipment, surfacing materials, fencing, and gates to play area. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Mar 2026
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Approved
8 Jun 2026

Approved on 8 Jun 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 6 Sept 2026

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 7

Green belt: Oxford
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Scheduled monument about 190 m away: Moated site of Holton House and its associated ice house; Radon affected area, class 2; SSSI about 439 m away: Lyehill Quarry SSSI; Inside the Wheatley built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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

Application type
Full Application
Postcode
OX33 1QH
Received
27 Mar 2026
Validated
27 Mar 2026
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 Jun 2026
Decision
Planning Permission is Granted
Decision date
8 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Bluestone Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 73 days from validation, 13 days slower than South Oxfordshire's median of 60 for changes of use. Approved, as 86% of changes of use here are.

45%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
64decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by South Oxfordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. South Oxfordshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 6 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
30 Apr 2026
Comments by
5 Jun 2026
Site or press notice
14 May 2026
Statutory expiry
11 Jun 2026
South Oxfordshire
Planning Authority Score
7.6/10
Good
#39 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

South Oxfordshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #89 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
98% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
South Oxfordshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
94%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #47 of 296
98%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #23 of 296
74%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #89 of 296
35%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #105 of 296
83%
Minor dwellings approved
163 decided (1-9 homes)
56%
Major dwellings approved
27 decided (10+ homes)
92%
Change of use approved
26 decided
1,529
Total decisions
96 refused in the year to March 2026