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Abingdon School Park Road Abingdon Oxon OX14 1DE

Granted Vale of White Horse P12/V2374/CA Other (Conservation Area)

Works: Demolition

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing school building (Medical Centre).

As published by the council, reference P12/V2374/CA

Application record

Reference
P12/V2374/CA
Type
Other (Conservation Area)
Status
Permitted
Decision
Conservation Area Consent
Received
12 Nov 2012
Validated
13 Nov 2012
Decided
24 Jan 2013
Postcode
OX14 1DE

Site history

Applications at this address on the Vale of White Horse register

This site has had 6 applications since 2012: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • P14/V3042/TCA Decided

    Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1DE

    T1 - Plane tree T2 - Lombardy Poplar T3 - Lombardy Poplar T4 - Box Elder T5 - Sycamore T6 - Lime T7 - Lime G8 - Lime trees Following Abingdon School's annual tree survey, a number of trees were identified as requiring removal or reduction, not on safety grounds, but looking long term with regard to the continuity and future of the treescape at the school. T1 - Reduce height of mature Plane tree (reduced laterally April 2014) by approximately 5m and thin top of crown to balance - tree dispropotionately tall in relation to crown width now. Location: Upper field T2 - Remove to ground level semi-mature Lomardy Poplar - tree growing in unsuitable location. Location: Lower field. T3 - Remove to ground level semi-mature Lombardy Poplar - tree growing in unsuitable location. Location: Lower field. T4 - Remove to ground level Box Elder (heavily supressed and disfigured by Sycamore adjacent). Location: Lower field. T5 - Crown lift Sycamore to balance lower crown. Location: Lower field. T6 - Multi-stemmed Lime: Remove all sub-dominant stems (approx 5) to ground level, leaving 1 dominant stem. Prune to shape if required. Location: Lacy's Court Garden. T7 - Multi-stemmed Lime: Remove all sub-dominant stems (approx 5) to ground level, leaving 1 dominant stem. Prune to shape if required. Location: Lacy's Court Garden. G8 - Crown lift 7 Lime trees growing through hedge on War Memorial Playing Field/Faringdon Road boundary. Prune crowns to shape where required. Location: War Memorial Field. Remarks:

    Decided 4 Sep 2014 Trees
  • P14/V1704/DIS Decided

    Abingdon School Park Road Abingdon Oxon OX14 1DE

    Discharge conditions 3 (internal and external boundaries), 8 (Construction Traffic Management Plan) and 11 (Surface water and foul water drainage) of planning permission P12/V2373/FUL. Demolition of existing school building (Medical Centre). Erection of a three storey Science Centre and the reconfiguration of the existing coach park.

    Decided 24 Feb 2015 Conditions
  • P14/V1022/NM Decided

    Abingdon School Park Road Abingdon Oxon OX14 1DE

    Demolition of existing school building (Medical Centre). Erection of a three storey Science Centre and the reconfiguration of the existing coach park, including alterations to the points of ingress and egress.(Non-material amendment to P12/V2373/FUL)

    Decided 11 Jun 2014 Amendments
  • P14/V2970/TCA Decided

    Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1DE

    T1 - London Plane T2 - London Plane T3 - Holm Oak T1 - London Plane - reduce lateral crown spread by approximately 4m around perimeter of canopy to reduce interference with adjacent less vigorous trees (sub-dominant Yew and dominant Redwood). T2 - London Plane - reduce lateral crown spread (not height) of tree by approximately 4m around perimeter of canopy to reduce extension of crown over Park Road and playing fields, (crown spread is becoming excessive for its situation). T3 - Holm Oak - remove (poor specimen) and other better specimen nearby. Remarks:

    Decided 9 May 2014 Trees
  • P12/V2373/FUL Decided

    Abingdon School Park Road Abingdon Oxon OX14 1DE

    Demolition of existing school building (Medical Centre). Erection of a three storey Science Centre and the reconfiguration of the existing coach park, including alterations to the points of ingress and egress.

    Decided 24 Jan 2013 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 12 Nov 2012

    Received by Vale of White Horse

  2. 13 Nov 2012

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 24 Jan 2013

    Decision issued: Conservation Area Consent

  4. 15 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • P14/V1630/DIS Decided

    Abingdon School Park Road Abingdon OX14 1DE

    Application for discharge of condition 2 of planning permission P12/V2374/CA

    Decided 14 Nov 2014 Conditions

Documents

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

37 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Vale of White Horse granted permission on 24 January 2013, 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.

About heritage and listed building applications

Listed building consent is needed for works that affect the special interest of a listed building, and carrying out such works without it is a criminal offence. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

  • Abingdon School Park Road Abingdon Oxon OX14 1DE

    P14/V1704/DIS Submitted 23 Jul 2014 0m away

    Discharge conditions 3 (internal and external boundaries), 8 (Construction Traffic Management Plan) and 11 (Surface water and foul water drainage) of planning permission P12/V2373/FUL. Demolition of existing school building (Medical Centre). Erection of a three storey Science Centre and the reconfiguration of the existing coach park.

    Decided Conditions Demolition 13 docs
  • Abingdon School Park Road Abingdon Oxon OX14 1DE

    P12/V2373/FUL Submitted 12 Nov 2012 0m away

    Demolition of existing school building (Medical Centre). Erection of a three storey Science Centre and the reconfiguration of the existing coach park, including alterations to the points of ingress and egress.

    Decided Full applications Demolition 77 docs
    Major scheme
  • Abingdon School Park Road Abingdon OX14 1DE

    P15/V1502/FUL Submitted 23 Jun 2015 14m away

    Temporary siting of Faringdon Lodge, a single storey modular building, to provide an estates management office for period of three years.

    Decided Full applications 10 docs
    Small domestic
  • Abingdon School Park Road Abingdon Oxon OX14 1DE

    P14/V1022/NM Submitted 6 May 2014 15m away

    Demolition of existing school building (Medical Centre). Erection of a three storey Science Centre and the reconfiguration of the existing coach park, including alterations to the points of ingress and egress.(Non-material amendment to P12/V2373/FUL)

    Decided Amendments Demolition 8 docs
    Major scheme
  • Abingdon School Park Road Abingdon OX14 1DE

    P13/V0878/FUL Submitted 23 Apr 2013 65m away

    Reconfiguration and extension of the School's existing coach park, including alterations to the points of ingress and egress, on land within the School grounds.

    Decided Full applications Extension 16 docs
  • Abingdon School Park Road Abingdon Oxfordshire OX14 1DE

    P13/V1663/DIS Submitted 19 Jul 2013 65m away

    Discharge of conditions 3,4,6,8 and 9 of planning permission P13/V0878/FUL

    Decided Conditions 20 docs

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