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P26/V3781/DIS - Discharge Conditions Under Consideration

Proposal

Outline condition 11 discharge pursuant to () in relation to Reserved Matters only Reserved matters application for Phase 2 Sports Pitches. (Variation of condition 7 of Planning Permission to provide the development brief prior to the occupation of the 250th dwelling rather than before the submission of reserved matters adjoining the Local Centre. Outline application for residential development of about 2,500 dwellings with associated services and facilities including secondary school, primary schools, local centre (including uses falling within use classes A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, B1, C2, D1 and D2), open space including community park, and the realignment of Denchworth Road to the south. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

27 Aug 2026

✓

Validated

28 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 23 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 23 Nov 2026.

The consultation period closed on 30 Sept 2026.

Documents 1

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application - Application Form · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 2

Agricultural Land Classification

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.

Agricultural Land Classification: GRADE_3 | Neighbourhood Plan Areas: Wantage Neighbourhood Plan Area | Neighbourhood Plan Areas: East Challow Neighbourhood Plan Area | District Boundaries VALE | Landscape Character Assessment 2024 Types 11 | Landscape Character Assessment 2024 Areas Western Upper Vale | BAP Priority Habitat multisurface 0200077_APR2022 | Canal and River Trust Consultation Zones RES | Environmental Protection Previous Land Use 0451Council record

Recorded by the council for this site.

Council site ↗

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: Vale of White Horse
Application type: Discharge Conditions
Received: 27 Aug 2026
Validated: 28 Sept 2026
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 23 Nov 2026
Applicant: Show

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 1 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 9 Sept 2026
Comments by: 30 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 23 Nov 2026

Vale of White Horse

Planning Authority Score

4.5/10

Below average

#176 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

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