Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) Evenlode Crescent Kidlington OX5 1GN Data via plota.co.uk

26/01402/CROWN - Crown Development Application Refused

Proposal

Outline Planning Application with all matters reserved (except for access) for the expansion of Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre comprising the development of new accommodation blocks and ancillary supporting accommodation, the conversion of existing site infrastructure, demolition of existing structures, creation of additional car parking, landscaping and associated site infrastructure. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Sept 2026, 22:19

Application progress

✓

Received

8 Jun 2026

✗

Refused

24 Jul 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 24 Jul 2026 · Committee · Last checked 8 Sept 2026

Documents 83

Site constraints 6

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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National infrastructure project about 375 m away: Botley West Solar Farm

The site is about 375 m from the project boundary. Generating station, awaiting the Secretary of State's decision.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

Also on the record

SSSI about 459 m away: Rushy Meadows SSSI; Inside the Kidlington 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. 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, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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: Crown Development Application
Postcode: OX5 1GN
Received: 8 Jun 2026
Validated: 8 Jun 2026
Ward: Kidlington West
Parish: Kidlington
Target decision: 3 Aug 2026
Decision: Objections
Decision date: 24 Jul 2026
Decision level: Committee

How this decision compares

Decided in 46 days from validation, 11 days faster than Cherwell's median of 57 for changes of use. Refused, as 31% of changes of use here are.

This one46d

Council57d

UK56d

47%decided within 8 weeks

69%approved

5%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Cherwell in the last twelve months, from validation. Cherwell decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 2 Jul 2026
Committee: 23 Jul 2026

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Within ~100m

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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

Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) Evenlode Crescent Kidlington OX5 1GN Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 83

Decision & officer reports 1

Consultation & comments 2

Other documents 80

Site constraints 6

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