Horley Fields Farm Hornton Lane Horley OX15 6BB Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Alterations and extensions to existing dwelling and conversion into holiday let, Change of Use of barn and extension to form single dwelling and formation of a gravel access track and solar array Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Dec 2025
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Validated
27 Apr 2026
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Approved
7 Aug 2026

Approved on 7 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 7 Sept 2026

Documents 44

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Site constraints 5

Horley conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Radon affected area, class 6
An estimated 30% or more of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Horley (Cherwell) built-up area; Flood defence about 34 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 2 year flood); Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £750,000 in July 2025. Detached house, freehold.

24 July 2025£750,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
26 July 2024£750,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Cherwell
Application type
Full Development
Postcode
OX15 6BB
Received
15 Dec 2025
Validated
27 Apr 2026
Ward
Cropredy, Sibfords And Wroxton
Parish
Hornton
Target decision
7 Aug 2026
Decision
Permitted
Decision date
7 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 102 days from validation, 45 days slower than Cherwell's median of 57 for changes of use. Approved, as 69% of changes of use here are.

47%decided within 8 weeks
69%approved
5%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Cherwell in the last twelve months, from validation. Cherwell decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
5 Feb 2026
Cherwell
Planning Authority Score
3.6/10
Below average
#214 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Cherwell is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #247 out of 296. 49% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Cherwell decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #77 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #101 of 296
47%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #247 of 296
49%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #218 of 296
77%
Minor dwellings approved
117 decided (1-9 homes)
95%
Major dwellings approved
19 decided (10+ homes)
96%
Change of use approved
47 decided
1,091
Total decisions
90 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.