St Andrews Field, Holton, OX33 1PZ Data via plota.co.uk

P26/S0308/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Erection of a self-build 1.5 storey dwelling with a detached garage and store. (Additional Information 10th March 2026.) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Feb 2026
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Validated
10 Feb 2026
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Committee
17 Jun 2026
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Approved
18 Jun 2026

Approved on 18 Jun 2026 · Committee · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by South Oxfordshire Planning Committee on 17 Jun 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

  • The application went to committee because officers' recommendation to approve conflicted with the parish council's view.
  • Officers judged the site to be Grey Belt, so building there would not be inappropriate despite sitting in the Green Belt.
  • The committee agreed with the officers' Grey Belt assessment and voted to approve the application.
Read how the committee decided Why it went against the parish council's view, the Green Belt argument, and the conditions attached to approval.

Source: Plota analysis of South Oxfordshire's committee minutes of 17 Jun 2026.

Site constraints 5

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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Scheduled monument about 192 m away: Moated site of Holton House and its associated ice house; Inside the Wheatley built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3

Checked on 24 September 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
Full Application
Postcode
OX33 1PZ
Received
3 Feb 2026
Validated
10 Feb 2026
Case officer
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Target decision
19 Jun 2026
Decision
Planning Permission is Granted
Decision date
18 Jun 2026
Decision level
Committee
Applicant
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Agent
ALB Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 128 days from validation, 57 days slower than South Oxfordshire's median of 71 for new homes. Approved, as 75% of new homes here are.

32%decided within 8 weeks
75%approved
66decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by South Oxfordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. South Oxfordshire decision record →

Public comments

18comments received
1 objecting17 neutral

6% object · below the UK average of 74%

Last counted 25 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
29 Apr 2026
Comments by
20 May 2026
Statutory expiry
19 Jun 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