Faringdon Community College, Fernham Road, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7LB Data via plota.co.uk

P25/V2340/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Demolition of four modular temporary classroom blocks and construction of a single storey student services block and a two storey teaching block with associated soft and hard landscaping elements and parking Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
29 Oct 2025
✓
Validated
21 Nov 2025
✓
Approved
11 Sept 2026

Approved on 11 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 11 Oct 2026

Site constraints 5

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI about 178 m away: Wicklesham and Coxwell Pits 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.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Faringdon 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 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 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
Full Application
Postcode
SN7 7LB
Received
29 Oct 2025
Validated
21 Nov 2025
Case officer
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Target decision
11 Sept 2026
Decision
Planning Permission is Granted
Decision date
11 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Roberts Limbrick

How this decision compares

Decided in 294 days from validation, 208 days slower than Vale of White Horse's median of 86 for full applications. Approved, as 91% of full applications here are.

30%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
195decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Vale of White Horse in the last twelve months, from validation. Vale of White Horse decision record →

Public comments

3comments received
3 neutral

Last counted 11 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
3 Dec 2025
Comments by
5 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
11 Sept 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