We are really delighted that the application for extensions to Bloxham School’s Dewey Sport Centre, including sports floodlighting, 5 new netball/tennis courts and parking improvements, was approved in line with the officer’s recommendation at the Cherwell Planning Committee last month.

The proposal will deliver a number of significant benefits both to Bloxham School and the local community through the provision of a range of new and enhanced sports facilities. The approval follows extensive engagement with Cherwell District Council, the Parish Council, Sport England and other local and national stakeholders. This forms part of the Bloxham School masterplan, which will allow the school to significantly upgrade its sporting facilities. The extended building will provide new changing rooms, a large fitness suite and spinning studio, multi purpose space, and a new entrance and arrival space to provide a focal point on the site, whilst also improving security and safeguarding. 

This project has been long in the making, and it was a real team effort to achieve consent with challenging site context, balancing ecology, landscape, amenity, highways whilst achieving a coherent and functional masterplan vision for the Dewey site. 

Miriam Owen and Sam Biles from Edgars excelled in managing a complex planning application process, ensuring that all aspects were robustly addressed, supported by David Singleton and Jonathon Emery of DSA Environment + Design Ltd, Cole Easdon highways, HCUK Group drainage, Nick Bolton at Tree Frontiers for Arboriculture and Jacob Hepworth-Bell at Aurochs Ecology.