Thistledown Farm Ansley Lane Arley CV7 8FS Data via plota.co.uk

PAP/2026/0031 - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Change of use of land from equine to agricultural use and retrospective consent for the siting and use of units to facilitate forestry skills training, practical land-based education, accredited first aid training, and associated classroom-based instruction. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 6 Sept 2026, 23:40

Application progress

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Received

20 Jan 2026

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Validated

5 Feb 2026

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Approved

9 Apr 2026

Approved on 9 Apr 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 6 Sept 2026

Documents 1

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Decision Notice - Decision · 9 Apr 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

Ancient woodland: Arley Wood

Irreplaceable habitat. Standing advice asks for a 15 m buffer from the boundary.

National policy refuses development that would cause loss or deterioration of ancient woodland or ancient trees unless there are wholly exceptional reasons.

Green belt: Birmingham

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Public footpath about 5 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Article 4 direction

Borough wide. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.

An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.

Habitat network: Ancient Semi Natural Woodland

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 4; Coalfield, development low risk area; Priority habitat about 5 m away: Deciduous woodland; Open access land about 2 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; 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 · 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 Mining Remediation Authority, 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 1

Last sold for £350,000 in March 2023. Detached house, freehold.

17 March 2023£350,000

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

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Important details

Council: North Warwickshire
Application type: Full Planning Application
Postcode: CV7 8FS
Received: 20 Jan 2026
Validated: 5 Feb 2026
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 9 Apr 2026
Decision: Granted Subject to Conditions
Decision date: 9 Apr 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 63 days from validation, 41 days faster than North Warwickshire's median of 104 for full applications. Approved, as 100% of full applications here are.

This one63d

Council104d

UK56d

14%decided within 8 weeks

100%approved

15%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by North Warwickshire in the last twelve months, from validation. North Warwickshire decision record →

Public comments

10comments received

2 objecting24 supporting

240% support · above the UK average of 16%

Last counted 6 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 6 Feb 2026
Comments by: 9 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry: 2 Apr 2026

North Warwickshire

Planning Authority Score

3.9/10

Below average

#199 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

North Warwickshire is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #246 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 57% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

Frequently extends decision deadlines

expect longer than the statutory limit

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

North Warwickshire decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

93%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #63 of 296

97%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #37 of 296

48%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #246 of 296

57%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #258 of 296

84%

Minor dwellings approved

63 decided (1-9 homes)

80%

Major dwellings approved

5 decided (10+ homes)

88%

Change of use approved

26 decided

368

Total decisions

24 refused in the year to March 2026