9 homes at 10 Queens Avenue, Wallingford
Summary of planning committee decision
Deferred by South Oxfordshire Planning Committee on 29 Oct 2025.
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
A previous scheme lost at appeal
The application was referred to committee after objections on highway safety and over-development; a previous scheme was refused and dismissed at appeal on amenity grounds alone.
“The application had been referred to committee following objections from Wallingford Town Council relating to highway safety and access, biodiversity concerns, and over- development of the site.”
“The application was for outline planning permission for nine chalet style dwellings with all matters reserved apart from access and layout. An application was previously refused by officers and dismissed at appeal based on the amenity of future occupants, with the…”
Minutes
Moving the dwellings to address refusal
To address the previous refusal reason, the dwellings were moved further from the boundary and given a chalet style to reduce privacy impact, with no objections from specialist officers.
“To overcome the previous refusal reason, the proposed dwellings to the west of the site had been moved 1.4 metres further away from the eastern boundary. While only indicative at this stage, the chalet style of the proposed dwellings had been chosen to help reduce any impact in terms of privacy.”
“No objections had been received from specialist officers. The Council’s tree officer had raised a concern in relation to soft landscaping and how this would be achieved but as landscaping would be a reserve matter it was not for consideration under the outline application.”
Minutes
A neighbour and a supporter spoke
A neighbour spoke against the application and a supporter spoke in favour.
Members voted for a site visit
A motion to hold a site visit before deciding was carried when put to the vote.
“A motion, moved and seconded to have a site visit was carried on being put to the vote:”
Minutes
Decision deferred for a site visit
Members deferred the application to allow a site visit to take place.
“RESOLVED: to defer consideration of application P25/S0547/O to allow time for a site visit to be carried out.”
Minutes
Sources
- South Oxfordshire Planning Committee minutes, 29 October 2025
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of South Oxfordshire's committee minutes. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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- Wednesday 29 October 2025
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- Deferred
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