Land North Of Butlers Road Long Compton Data via plota.co.uk

26/00907/PIP - Planning Permission in Principle Approved

Proposal

Permission in principle for the development of land for 5-9 dwellings Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
2 Apr 2026
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Validated
14 Apr 2026
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Committee
17 Jun 2026
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Approved
18 Jun 2026

Approved on 18 Jun 2026 · Last checked 18 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Stratford on Avon Planning Committee on 17 Jun 2026.

Approved by 8 votes to 1

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised granting permission because housing benefits significantly outweighed moderate harm to location, landscape and possible ridge and furrow loss.
  • The parish council, CPRE and 18 objectors raised concerns including countryside and landscape harm, flooding, traffic, access and biodiversity.
  • The committee voted 8 to 1 to grant permission in principle for between five and nine dwellings.
Read how the committee decided The proposed homes, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, speakers, committee debate and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Stratford on Avon's committee minutes of 17 Jun 2026.

Site constraints 3

Cotswolds National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 20 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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.

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Important details

Application type
Planning Permission in Principle
Postcode
CV36 5JZ
Received
2 Apr 2026
Validated
14 Apr 2026
Ward
Brailes & Compton
Parish
Long Compton
Case officer
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Target decision
18 Jun 2026
Decision date
18 Jun 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 65 days from validation, 18 days faster than Stratford on Avon's median of 83 for changes of use. Approved, as 83% of changes of use here are.

34%decided within 8 weeks
83%approved
144decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
26 May 2026
Comments by
9 Jun 2026
Site or press notice
22 Apr 2026
Committee
17 Jun 2026
Stratford on Avon
Planning Authority Score
5.5/10
Average
#121 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Stratford on Avon ranks #142 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Stratford on Avon decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #94 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #93 of 296
67%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #142 of 296
42%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #166 of 296
82%
Minor dwellings approved
146 decided (1-9 homes)
91%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
87%
Change of use approved
53 decided
1,257
Total decisions
98 refused in the year to March 2026