Land West Of Valentia Close Adj To Station Road Bletchingdon Data via plota.co.uk

26/02180/PIP - Permission in Principle Decided

Proposal

Permission in Principle for residential development of 7-9 dwellings Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 28 Oct 2026, 01:18

Application progress

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Received

20 Aug 2026

✓

Decided

25 Sept 2026

Decided on 25 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Documents 71

Decision & officer reports 2

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Plans & drawings 5

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Consultation & comments 62

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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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

Inside the Bletchingdon 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 · 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: Cherwell
Application type: Permission in Principle
Received: 20 Aug 2026
Validated: 20 Aug 2026
Ward: Launton And Otmoor
Parish: Bletchingdon
Target decision: 25 Sept 2026
Decision date: 25 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated

Public comments

37comments received

Last counted 25 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 24 Sept 2026

Cherwell

Planning Authority Score

3.6/10

Below average

#214 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Cherwell is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #247 out of 296. 49% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils

for householder decisions

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

Cherwell decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

92%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #77 of 296

94%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #101 of 296

47%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #247 of 296

49%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #218 of 296

77%

Minor dwellings approved

117 decided (1-9 homes)

95%

Major dwellings approved

19 decided (10+ homes)

96%

Change of use approved

47 decided

1,091

Total decisions

90 refused in the year to March 2026