Crown Packaging Plc, Downsview Road, Wantage, OX12 9BP Data via plota.co.uk

P26/V0171/LDP - Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Use or Development Approved

Proposal

The proposal consists of replacing the existing fencing that is installed around the site's external car park, located to the north of the site's boundary. The proposed fencing would retain the same pedestrian access points as the existing installation. It would be installed on the same boundary line and at the same height. The only exception to this being that a reduced height 'Knee Rail' is proposed to replace the existing roadside one-metre-high fence installation at the east side of the car park. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 06:51

Application progress

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Received

20 Jan 2026

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Approved

13 Mar 2026

Approved on 13 Mar 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Documents 1

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application - Application Form · 20 Jan 2026 View ↗

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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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

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.

Also on the record

Priority habitat about 35 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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 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: Vale of White Horse
Application type: Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Use or Development
Postcode: OX12 9BP
Received: 20 Jan 2026
Validated: 20 Jan 2026
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 17 Mar 2026
Decision: Certificate of Lawful Use or Development is Granted
Decision date: 13 Mar 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 52 days from validation, 7 days faster than Vale of White Horse's median of 59 for extensions. Approved, as 98% of extensions here are.

This one52d

Council59d

UK55d

45%decided within 8 weeks

98%approved

430decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Vale of White Horse in the last twelve months, from validation. Vale of White Horse decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 25 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 24 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry: 17 Mar 2026

Vale of White Horse

Planning Authority Score

4.5/10

Below average

#176 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Vale of White Horse ranks #198 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 51% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

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

Vale of White Horse decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

95%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #32 of 296

96%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #64 of 296

57%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #198 of 296

51%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #232 of 296

86%

Minor dwellings approved

83 decided (1-9 homes)

88%

Major dwellings approved

16 decided (10+ homes)

90%

Change of use approved

31 decided

1,015

Total decisions

51 refused in the year to March 2026