Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

Land off St Helen's Avenue Benson

Refused South Oxfordshire P16/S1301/O Major (Outline)

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Outline planning permission for up to 130 dwellings (including up to 40% affordable housing) introduction of structural planting and landscaping, informal public open space, surface water flood mitigation and attenuation, two vehicular accesses from St Helen's Avenue and associated ancillary works. As clarified by play provision improvement plan received 25 May 2016, additional ecology information received 5 September and additional archaeological information submitted 12 September 2016.

As published by the council, reference P16/S1301/O

Application record

Reference
P16/S1301/O
Type
Major (Outline)
Status
Rejected
Decision
Refused As published: Refusal of Planning Permission
Received
18 Apr 2016
Validated
3 May 2016
Decided
31 Aug 2017

Site history

Applications at this address on the South Oxfordshire register

This site has had 2 applications since 2016: 0 approved, 1 refused.

  • P16/S1654/SCR Decided

    Land off St Helen's Avenue Benson

    Screening opinion for 130 dwellings

    Decided 2 Jun 2016 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 18 Apr 2016

    Received by South Oxfordshire

  2. 3 May 2016

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 31 Aug 2017

    Decision issued: Refusal of Planning Permission

  4. 12 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

182 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.

Open the documents

What this refusal means

South Oxfordshire refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About outline applications

An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.

In South Oxfordshire

  • P26/S1592/PIP Refused

    Land adjacent to Thatchings Sydenham Road Sydenham OX39 4LJ

    Permission in principle development for 1 dwelling (involving removal of existing outbuildings)

    Received 13 May, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Outline
  • P26/S0283/O Granted

    Rokemarsh Farm House, Rokemarsh, Roke, OX10 6JB

    Outline application (all matters reserved except for access and layout )for the demolition of existing agricultural buildings and dwelling, construction of a single detached house and garage. (Additional Information Received 17 March 2026)

    Received 2 Feb, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Outline
  • P26/S2950/PIP Refused

    Land rear 79a & 81 Lower Icknield Way Chinnor OX39 4EA

    Application for Permission in Principle Development Proposed 8 to 9 self/custom build dwellings.

    Received 15 Jul, published by the council 2 Aug 2026 Outline
  • P26/S0281/O Refused

    Roke Marsh Farm, Roke Marsh, Roke, OX10 6JB

    The construction of two detached houses and garages (outline only).

    Received 2 Feb, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Outline
  • P26/S3483/PIP Decided

    Land at 16 Chinnor Road, Thame, OX9 3LW

    Erection of a minimum of three and a maximum of five residential dwellings.

    Received 10 Aug, published by the council 21 Aug 2026 Outline