Adjacent: 3 Salt Lane, Postcombe, Thame, OX9 7EE Data via plota.co.uk

P26/S2889/16A(28) - Telecoms 28 day notification Part 16, Class A Approved

Proposal

Installation of 1 x 9m Wooden Pole (7.3m above ground). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
1 Jul 2026
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Approved
21 Jul 2026

Approved on 21 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Site constraints 5

Agricultural Land Classification
Public footpath about 10 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Agricultural Land Classification: GRADE_2 | Neighbourhood Plan Areas: Lewknor Neighbourhood Plan Area | District Boundaries SOUTH | Landscape Character Assessment 2024 Types 6 | Landscape Character Assessment 2024 Areas Chiltern Chalk Escarpment FootslopesCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
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Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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

Application type
Telecoms 28 day notification Part 16, Class A
Postcode
OX9 7EE
Received
1 Jul 2026
Validated
1 Jul 2026
Case officer
Show
Target decision
29 Jul 2026
Decision
Telcoms Development (28) Granted
Decision date
21 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Openreach

How this decision compares

Decided in 20 days from validation, 25 days faster than South Oxfordshire's median of 45 for utility and infrastructure works. Approved, as 96% of utility and infrastructure works here are.

79%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
74decided in the last year

Plota live figures for utility and infrastructure works decided by South Oxfordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. South Oxfordshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 24 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
29 Jul 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