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Land at Cowans Camp Depot High Street Watchfield SN6 8TE

Granted Vale of White Horse P14/V2877/FUL Major (Full Application)

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

Proposal

Planning permission for the erection of 33 new (1, 2, 3 and 4 bed) homes of which 40% are affordable units on brownfield land previously consented for a care facility and learning disability unit (as amended by plans and design and access statement received on 8 July 2015)

As published by the council, reference P14/V2877/FUL

Application record

Reference
P14/V2877/FUL
Type
Major (Full Application)
Status
Permitted
Decision
Granted As published: Planning Permission
Received
19 Dec 2014
Validated
23 Dec 2014
Decided
1 Feb 2016
Postcode
SN6 8TE

Site history

Applications at this address on the Vale of White Horse register

This site has had 3 applications since 2014: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • P17/V2182/DIS Granted

    Land at Cowans Camp Depot High Street Watchfield SN6 8TE

    Discharge of Condition(s) 17 () of planning permission P12/V2283/O Residential development for up to 100 dwellings; provision of Extra Care Housing comprising 50 No. apartments to meet the needs of the elderly (Class C2); provision of two Learning Disability Homes comprising 17 No. bedrooms in total (Class C2); together with means of access.

    Decided 4 Sep 2017 Conditions
  • P17/V2180/NM Decided

    Land at Cowans Camp Depot High Street Watchfield SN6 8TE

    Non-material amendment to application ref. P14/V2877/NM - alterations to approved brick types on plots 201-210, 220-226, 228-232. Planning permission for the erection of 33 new (1, 2, 3 and 4 bed) homes of which 40% are affordable units on brownfield land previously consented for a care facility and learning disability unit

    Decided 29 Aug 2017 Amendments

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 19 Dec 2014

    Received by Vale of White Horse

  2. 23 Dec 2014

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 1 Feb 2016

    Decision issued: Planning Permission

  4. 29 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

2 later applications on the register refer to this one:

  • P16/V1014/NM Decided

    Land at Cowans Camp High Street Watchfield SWINDON SN6 8TE

    Non material amendment to application ref. P14/V2877/FUL - revision of condition 18 - foul water and surface water drainage Erection of 33 new (1, 2, 3 and 4 bed) homes of which 40% are affordable units on brownfield land previously consented for a care facility and learning disability unit.

    Decided 6 Jun 2016 Amendments
  • P16/V0726/DIS Granted

    Land at Former MOD Depot Known as Cowans Camp High Street Watchfield SN6 8TE

    Discharge of conditions 8 - Habitat Mgt Plan, 5 - Hard and soft landscaping scheme, 14 - Drainage layouts and links to phase 1, 15 - Robson Liddle calculations re; drainage, 16 - Topographical survey and proposed slab levels and 17 - Acoustic survey and mitigation plans from application P14/V2877/FUL.(Additional drainage detail received 6 May 2016) Planning permission for the erection of 33 new (1, 2, 3 and 4 bed) homes of which 40% are affordable units on Brownfield land previously consented for a care facility and learning disability unit.

    Decided 9 Dec 2016 Conditions

Documents

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

160 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Vale of White Horse granted permission on 1 February 2016, 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 full applications

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

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