The Gate Hangs High Tadmarton Heath Road Hook Norton Oxfordshire OX15 5DF Data via plota.co.uk

26/00424/F - Full Development Approved

Proposal

Formation of hardstanding and track, erection of fences, widening of access and erection of play equipment (Retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 19 Sept 2026, 16:23

Application progress

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Received

17 Feb 2026

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Approved

12 Jun 2026

Approved on 12 Jun 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 19 Sept 2026

Documents 9

Associated applications 2

Full12 Jun 202626/00424/FThis application
Formation of hardstanding and track, erection of fences, widening of access and erection of play equipment (Retrospective)
Conditions details submitted for 2
- ConditionsDischarge of Condition 2 (Landscaping Scheme)18 Sep 202626/02432/DISC

Site constraints 3

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) agrees.

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 Expansion Zone

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

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 ↗

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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.

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Important details

Council: Cherwell
Application type: Full Development
Postcode: OX15 5DF
Received: 17 Feb 2026
Validated: 17 Feb 2026
Ward: Deddington
Parish: Hook Norton
Target decision: 12 Jun 2026
Decision: Permitted
Decision date: 12 Jun 2026
Decision level: Delegated

How this decision compares

Decided in 115 days from validation, 59 days slower than Cherwell's median of 56 for extensions. Approved, as 92% of extensions here are.

This one115d

Council56d

UK55d

57%decided within 8 weeks

92%approved

467decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 24 Apr 2026

Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2017 Approved

Ferris Hill Farm, Sibford Road, Hook Norton, Banbury, OX15 5DF

the continued use of the area shown on the plan marked “Site Location Plan – Lower Yard 2…

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Cherwell

Planning Authority Score

3.6/10

Below average

#214 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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

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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