Shotover Hill, Old Road, Oxford, OX3 8TD Data via plota.co.uk

P26/S3720/16A(28) - Telecoms 28 day notification Part 16, Class A Decided

Proposal

Install a 10kVA generator on new concrete base. Power duct to be installed. AMF panel to be installed on the new pole. Vertiv PSU cabinet to be retained. Over grown bushes and shrubs to be removed. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 06:32

Application progress

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Received

24 Aug 2026

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Response Issued

28 Aug 2026

Response Issued on 28 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Documents 1

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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Public footpath about 12 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.

SSSI about 25 m away: Brasenose Wood and Shotover Hill SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Habitat network: Lowland meadows

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Priority habitat about 6 m away: Deciduous woodland.

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 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: South Oxfordshire
Application type: Telecoms 28 day notification Part 16, Class A
Postcode: OX3 8TD
Received: 24 Aug 2026
Validated: 24 Aug 2026
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 21 Sept 2026
Decision: Response Issued
Decision date: 28 Aug 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Agent: WHP Telecoms Ltd

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 24 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 21 Sept 2026

South Oxfordshire

Planning Authority Score

7.6/10

Good

#39 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

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