The Railway Inn, Station Road, Culham, Abingdon, OX14 3BT Data via plota.co.uk

P26/S2338/CM - County Matters Decided

Proposal

Details Pursuant for Oxfordshire County Council for: Details pursuant to Condition No. 5 – topographical plans for the Didcot to Culham River Crossing section of the development (partial discharge) of planning permission no. R3. at A linear site comprising a corridor between the A34 Milton Interchange and the B4015 north of Clifton Hampden including part of the A4130 east of the A34 Milton Interchange, land between Didcot and the former Didcot A Power Station and the Great Western Mainline, land to the north of Didcot where it crosses a private railway sidings and the River Thames to the west of Appleford-on-Thames before joining the A415 west of Culham Station, land to the south of Culham Science Centre through to a connection with the B4015 north of Clifton Hampden Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Apr 2026
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No Response Needed
24 Jul 2026

No Response Needed on 24 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Site constraints 2

Green belt
Agricultural land, grade 4, surveyed
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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 2; 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.
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Green beltCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
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Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Application type
County Matters
Postcode
OX14 3BT
Received
21 Apr 2026
Validated
21 Apr 2026
Case officer
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Target decision
12 May 2026
Decision
No Response Needed
Decision date
24 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Freehold owner
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Public comments

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Last counted 25 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
12 May 2026
South Oxfordshire
Planning Authority Score
7.6/10
Good
#39 of 296 councils
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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

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