Land adjacent to 51 Abingdon Road, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7LA Data via plota.co.uk

P26/S4286/NM - Non Material Amendment Under Consideration

Proposal

Non material amendment to approved application . 1. Unit 1-3 – amend rear single storey flat roof to a pitch roof with composite slate tiles to match the main roof. (Cedral Thrutone textured blue-black composite slate tiles) 2. Unit 1-3 – simplify and reduce glazing to rear single storey element, including reducing glazing to the side elevations of the single storey elements. 3. Unit 1+2 – Front elevation – amend front door and sidelight positions to match the approved ground floor plans on C226.03G. (Drafting correction) 4. Unit 3 – Side elevation (south-east) – add bathroom window with obscure glazing to elevation to match the approved first floor plans on C226.03G. (Drafting correction) 5. Unit 3 – internal amendments to allow for the utility/plant room to be accessed from the kitchen. External door to side elevation (north-west) from utility room 6. Unit 1-3 Amend internal bathroom layouts and sizes to comply with M4(2) as required by the Deed of Variation. 7. Brickwork – stretcher bond (omit Flemish bond). Mixture of Wienerberger Whitby Red Multi Rustica, Athena Blend, Renaissance Multi to matchadjacent 8. Windows and External doors- uPVC as per SOHA specifications. Chartwell green external to match the cottages adjacent to it. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Sept 2026
Decision
Target date was 21 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 21 Oct 2026.

Associated applications 2

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    • AmendmentNon material amendment to approved application P23/S0146/S73. 1. Unit 1-3 – amend rear single…This applicationP26/S4286/NM

Site constraints 4

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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Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National landscape about 474 m away: North Wessex Downs.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 8 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 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
Non Material Amendment
Postcode
OX10 7LA
Received
23 Sept 2026
Validated
23 Sept 2026
Case officer
Show
Target decision
21 Oct 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Bishops Court Farm (Ventures) Ltd

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 27 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
21 Oct 2026
South Oxfordshire
Planning Authority Score
7.6/10
Good
#39 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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