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Land North of Littleworth Road Benson

Granted South Oxfordshire P16/S3611/FUL Major (Full Application)

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Erection of 187 dwellings plus formation of vehicular access and car parking. Provision of landscaping and open space and other associated work. (As clarified by revised tracking details shown on drawing no8160737-6201A and PL.02C (BCP details) accompanying Agent's email dated 7 December 2016 and as amended by drawing no PL02 rev E, PL48 rev A, PL49 rev A, PL68 rev A, PL76 rev A, PL78 rev A, PL82 and 83 rev A, PL97 rev A, PL100C, PL101 rev A, PL102 rev A, PL103 rev A, PL104 rev A, PL105 rev A, PL06 rev A and engineering drawings accompanying Agents email dated 3 February 2017. As further revised by updated schedule of materials received 21 February 2016).

As published by the council, reference P16/S3611/FUL

Application record

Reference
P16/S3611/FUL
Type
Major (Full Application)
Status
Permitted
Decision
Granted As published: Planning Permission
Received
28 Oct 2016
Validated
9 Nov 2016
Decided
30 Jun 2017

Site history

Applications at this address on the South Oxfordshire register

This site has had 22 applications since 2014: 13 approved, 1 refused.

  • P25/S2911/DIS Refused

    Land north of Littleworth Road Benson

    Discharge of conditions 20 (Ladybrook Buffer Zone), 21 (Nature Park) & 25 (Children's Play Space) on application ref. P16/S11389/O (Erection of 187 dwellings plus formation of vehicular access and car parking. Provision of landscaping and open space and other associated work).

    Decided 6 Nov 2025 Conditions
  • P19/S4674/DIS Granted

    Land North of Littleworth Road Benson

    Discharge of condition 25 (skatepark/MUGA) of application P16/S1139/O Outline planning application (with all matters reserved except access) for the erection of 241 dwellings (40% of which will be affordable) with associated access; public open space, landscaping, sports provision, nature park and woodland; Up to 230 sqm retail; Provision of community facilities including relocated school playing fields, youth hut, skate park and play space (as amended by drawings and supporting information from agent dated 25 May 2016 and as further amended by revised draft master plan drawing 17212 / C01G received 9 January 2018).

    Decided 3 Mar 2021 Conditions
  • P19/S3244/NM Decided

    Land north of Littleworth Road Benson

    Non-Material Amendment to application P16/S3611/FUL for alterations to roof form of the flatted buildings comprising plots 121-126, 129-134 and 178-183.

    Decided 8 Nov 2019 Amendments
  • P19/S1492/FUL Granted

    Land North of Littleworth Road Benson

    Erection of a toilet block to serve the playing field land serving planning permission P16/S1139/O (and associated Reserved matters approval P18/S2262/RM)

    Decided 28 Jun 2019 Full applications
  • P19/S1491/DIS Granted

    Land north of Littleworth Road Benson

    Discharge of condition 12 (footways & cycleways) of application P16/S1139/O. Outline planning application (with all matters reserved except access) for the erection of 241 dwellings (40% of which will be affordable) with associated access; public open space, landscaping, sports provision, nature park and woodland; Up to 230 sqm retail; Provision of community facilities including relocated school playing fields, youth hut, skate park and play space (as amended by drawings and supporting information from agent dated 25 May 2016 and as further amended by revised draft master plan drawing 17212 / C01G received 9 January 2018).

    Decided 28 May 2019 Conditions
  • P19/S1405/DIS Granted

    Land North of Littleworth Road Benson

    Discharge of conditions 9 - travel plan and travel information pack and 10 - safe routes to school to application ref P16/S1139/O - as clarified by revised travel plan and information pack received on 24 June 2019. Outline planning application (with all matters reserved except access) for theerection of 241 dwellings (40% of which will be affordable) with associated access; public open space, landscaping, sports provision, nature park and woodland; Up to 230 sqm retail; Provision of community facilities including relocated school playing fields, youth hut, skate park and play space (as amended by drawings and supporting information from agent dated 25 May 2016 and as further amended by revised draft master plan drawing 17212 /C01G received 9 January 2018).

    Decided 27 Jun 2019 Conditions
  • P19/S0837/DIS Granted

    Land North of Littleworth Road Benson

    Discharge of conditions 15 Construction Traffic Management Plan 16 Measures to control potential noise and dust, 23 Arboricultural Method Statement on application ref. P16/S1139/O Outline planning application (with all matters reserved except access) for the erection of 241 dwellings (40% of which will be affordable) with associated access; public open space, landscaping, sports provision, nature park and woodland; Up to 230 sqm retail; Provision of community facilities including relocated school playing fields, youth hut, skate park and play space.

    Decided 24 Jun 2019 Conditions
  • P19/S0688/DIS Granted

    Land North of Littleworth Road Benson

    Discharge of conditions 20 Buffer Zone and associated management, 21 Habitat Creation etc for the Nature Park and 25 Details of the LEAP on application ref. P16/S1139/O Outline planning application (with all matters reserved except access) for the erection of 241 dwellings (40% of which will be affordable) with associated access; public open space, landscaping, sports provision, nature park and woodland; Up to 230 sqm retail; Provision of community facilities including relocated school playing fields, youth hut, skate park and play space (as amended by drawings and supporting information from agent dated 25 May 2016 and as further amended by revised draft master plan drawing 17212 / C01G received 9 January 2018).

    Decided 19 Sep 2019 Conditions
  • P19/S0564/DIS Granted

    Land North of Littleworth Road Benson

    Discharge of condition 26 - acoustic report on application ref. P16/S1139/O Outline planning application (with all matters reserved except access) for the erection of 241 dwellings (40% of which will be affordable) with associated access; public open space, landscaping, sports provision, nature park and woodland; Up to 230 sqm retail; Provision of community facilities including relocated school playing fields, youth hut, skate park and play space.

    Decided 2 Aug 2019 Conditions
  • P17/S4195/NM Decided

    Land north of Littleworth Road Benson

    Non material amendment to application ref. P16/S3611/FUL - proposed extension to the driveway to Plot 13. Erection of 187 dwellings plus formation of vehicular access and car parking. Provision of landscaping and open space and other associated work.

    Decided 22 Dec 2017 Amendments

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 28 Oct 2016

    Received by South Oxfordshire

  2. 9 Nov 2016

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 30 Jun 2017

    Decision issued: Planning Permission

  4. 27 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

7 later applications on the register refer to this one:

  • P19/S3244/NM Decided

    Land north of Littleworth Road Benson

    Non-Material Amendment to application P16/S3611/FUL for alterations to roof form of the flatted buildings comprising plots 121-126, 129-134 and 178-183.

    Decided 8 Nov 2019 Amendments
  • P17/S4195/NM Decided

    Land north of Littleworth Road Benson

    Non material amendment to application ref. P16/S3611/FUL - proposed extension to the driveway to Plot 13. Erection of 187 dwellings plus formation of vehicular access and car parking. Provision of landscaping and open space and other associated work.

    Decided 22 Dec 2017 Amendments
  • P17/S3919/DIS Decided

    Land north of Littleworth Road Benson

    Discharge of condition 5 (Submission and approval of a Green Travel Plan) on application ref. P16/S3611/FUL (Residential Travel Plan issue 3 dated 20 November 2017) Erection of 187 dwellings plus formation of vehicular access and car parking. Provision of landscaping and open space and other associated work.

    Submitted 1 Nov 2017 Conditions
  • P17/S3886/DIS Granted

    Land north of Littleworth Road Benson

    Discharge of Condition 17 - Archaeology on application ref. P16/S3611/FUL Erection of 187 dwellings plus formation of vehicular access and car parking. Provision of landscaping and open space and other associated work.

    Decided 6 Feb 2018 Conditions
  • P17/S3804/DIS Decided

    Land north of Littleworth Road Benson

    Discharge of condition 12 - surface water drainage works on application ref. P16/S3611/FUL Erection of 187 dwellings plus formation of vehicular access and car parking. Provision of landscaping and open space and other associated work.

    Submitted 24 Oct 2017 Conditions
  • P17/S3241/DIS Decided

    Land at Littleworth Road Benson

    Discharge of condition 10 - Landscape Management Plan on application ref. P16/S3611/FUL Erection of 187 dwellings plus formation of vehicular access and car parking. Provision of landscaping etc

    Submitted 5 Sep 2017 Conditions
  • P17/S2645/DIS Granted

    Land North of Littleworth Road Benson

    Discharge of conditions on application ref. P16/S3611/FUL: 3 - noise, 4 - foul drainage works, 6 - secured by design, 7 - contaminated land, 8 - vision splays, 9 - water supply, 13 - new vehicular access, 14 - new estate roads, 15 - Estate accesses, driveways & turning areas, 20 - parking & manoeuvring areas retained. As corrected by new set of drawings submitted on 16 August 2017 (original submission had incorrect layout).

    Decided 1 Mar 2018 Conditions

Documents

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

207 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

South Oxfordshire granted permission on 30 June 2017, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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