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P26/V2621/CM - County Matters Decided

Proposal

OCC ref. MW. Section 73 application to vary conditions 3 and 4 of planning permission MW. () (to vary conditions 1, 3 and 22 of planning permission MW. () to increase the annual MRF throughput from 70,000 tpa to 200,000 tpa and for some alterations to approved elevations) to extend the end date of the existing Materials Recycling Facility from 31st December 2030 to 31st December 2039. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Jun 2026
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Response Issued
8 Jul 2026

Response Issued on 8 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Site constraints 3

Agricultural Land Classification
Public byway open to all traffic about 3 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
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.
Agricultural Land Classification: GRADE_2 | Agricultural Land Classification: GRADE_4 | Neighbourhood Plan Areas: Sutton Courtenay Neighbourhood Plan Area | District Boundaries VALE | Flood Zone 2 30230 | Flood Zone 2 30249 | Flood Zone 2 30263 | Flood Zone 3 3452 | Flood Zone Functional Floodplain 748 | Flood Zone Functional Floodplain 749 | Flood Zone Functional Floodplain 802 | Flood Zone Functional Floodplain 877 | Flood Zone Functional Floodplain 884 | Flood Zone Functional Floodplain 939 | Flood Zone Functional Floodplain 844 | Flood Zone Functional Floodplain 935 | Flood Zone Functional Floodplain 849 | Flood Zone Functional Floodplain 933 | Flood Zone Historical 631 | Flood Zone Historical 333 | Landscape Character Assessment 2024 Types 13 | Landscape Character Assessment 2024 Areas Abingdon-Didcot Lower Vale | BAP Priority Habitat multisurface 0200289_APR2022 | BAP Priority Habitat multisurface 0200293_APR2022 | BAP Priority Habitat multisurface 0202115_APR2022 | BAP Priority Habitat multisurface 0202117_APR2022 | BAP Priority Habitat multisurface 0200194_APR2022 | BAP Priority Habitat multisurface 0200204_APR2022 | BAP Priority Habitat multisurface 0200211_APR2022 | BAP Priority Habitat multisurface 0200302_APR2022 | BAP Priority Habitat multisurface 0202367_APR2022 | BAP Priority Habitat multisurface 0202370_APR2022 | BAP Priority Habitat multisurface 0202372_APR2022 | BAP Priority Habitat multisurface 0202373_APR2022 | BAP Priority Habitat multisurface 0202374_APR2022 | BAP Priority Habitat multisurface 0201809_APR2022 | BAP Priority Habitat multisurface 0202118_APR2022 | BAP Priority Habitat multisurface 0202398_APR2022 | Environmental Protection Previous Land Use 379 | Environmental Protection Previous Land Use 0451 | Environmental Protection Previous Land Use 168 | Environmental Protection Previous Land Use 375Council 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

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

Application type
County Matters
Postcode
OX14 4PW
Received
18 Jun 2026
Validated
18 Jun 2026
Case officer
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Target decision
9 Jul 2026
Decision
Response Issued
Decision date
8 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
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Public comments

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Last counted 24 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
9 Jul 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