Land north west of the Bewley Homes Residential Development, Hale Road, Benson Data via plota.co.uk

P25/S4046/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Installation of a SuDS pond with associated drainage works and landscaping. (Amended Drainage Plans received 30 January 2026) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 3 Oct 2026, 15:51

Application progress

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Received

19 Dec 2025

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Validated

7 Jan 2026

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Approved

24 Jul 2026

Approved on 24 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Documents 1

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application - Application Form · 19 Dec 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 2

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. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

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.

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: South Oxfordshire
Application type: Full Application
Received: 19 Dec 2025
Validated: 7 Jan 2026
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 27 Jul 2026
Decision: Planning Permission is Granted
Decision date: 24 Jul 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Kate Bayley

How this decision compares

Decided in 198 days from validation, 152 days slower than South Oxfordshire's median of 46 for utility and infrastructure works. Approved, as 96% of utility and infrastructure works here are.

This one198d

Council46d

UK55d

78%decided within 8 weeks

96%approved

75decided in the last year

Plota live figures for utility and infrastructure works decided by South Oxfordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. South Oxfordshire decision record →

Public comments

3comments received

3 neutral

Last counted 3 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 12 Jan 2026
Comments by: 5 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry: 27 Jul 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