17-19 Whatley Hall Hotel Horse Fair Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 0AN Data via plota.co.uk

26/02635/LB - Listed Building Under Consultation
Commercial premisesCommercial & major worksExtensions & alterationsListed buildings

Proposal

Internal and external alterations to existing meeting rooms and storage rooms to form 7no. additional hotel bedrooms Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 2 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 2 Dec 2026 and 9 Dec 2026, from Cherwell's recent commercial premises.

Comments are open until 12 Nov 2026

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Documents 22

Plans & drawings 14

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Other documents 8

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Site constraints 4

45 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Whately Hall Hotel, Grade II, about 5 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II*, 42 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Banbury 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 5
An estimated 10 to 30% 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 Banbury built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 13 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.

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Important details

Council
Cherwell
Application type
Listed Building
Postcode
OX16 0AN
Received
7 Oct 2026
Validated
7 Oct 2026
Ward
Banbury Cross And Neithrop
Parish
Banbury
Case officer
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Target decision
2 Dec 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Mitchell Barnes

Decision outlook

Day 21 of the 56-day target. Cherwell usually decides commercial premises by day 59.

Day 2138 days to the predicted decision (day 59)
45%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
6%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
12 Nov 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Whately Hall Hotel 17-19 Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AN
Erection of a display board on a concrete base.
25/02829/F
2025 Approved
Whately Hall Hotel 17-19 Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AN
Erection of a display board on a concrete base.
25/02829/F
2025 Approved
Friends Meeting House Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AH
Replacement of 6no south facing sash windows on the Large Meeting Room and replacement of…
25/03309/F
2025 Approved
Friends Meeting House Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AH
Replacement of 6no south facing sash windows on the Large Meeting Room and replacement of…
25/03309/F
2025 Approved
Friends Meeting House Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AH
T1 Ash - Fell heavy leaning tree. Poor form.
25/03145/TCA
2025 Approved
Friends Meeting House Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AH
T1 Ash - Fell heavy leaning tree. Poor form.
25/03145/TCA
2025 Approved
Whateley Hall Hotel 17-19 Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AN
Internal alterations to existing meeting room to form two additional hotel bedrooms
25/02857/LB
2025 Approved
Whately Hall Hotel 17-19 Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AN
Internal alterations to existing meeting room to form 7 additional hotel bedrooms
25/02859/LB
2025 Approved
Whateley Hall Hotel 17-19 Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AN
Internal alterations to existing meeting room to form two additional hotel bedrooms
25/02857/LB
2025 Approved
Whately Hall Hotel 17-19 Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AN
Internal alterations to existing meeting room to form 7 additional hotel bedrooms
25/02859/LB
2025 Withdrawn
Whateley Hall Hotel 17-19 Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AN
Internal alterations to existing meeting room to form two additional hotel bedrooms
25/02854/F
2025 Withdrawn
Whateley Hall Hotel 17-19 Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AN
Internal alterations to existing meeting room to form two additional hotel bedrooms
25/02854/F
2025
21 Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AH
Change of Use of Commercial Office Space (Use Class E) to 9 x Residential Apartments (Use…
25/02747/F
2025
21 Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AH
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2025
21 Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AH
Change of Use of Commercial Office Space (Use Class E) to 9 x Residential Apartments (Use…
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2025
21 Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AH
Alterations to buildings to facilitate the Change of Use of Commercial Office Space to Re…
25/02748/LB
2025 Approved
Friends Meeting House Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AH
Replacement of 6mo south facing sash windows on the Large Meeting Room and replacement of…
25/02037/LB
2025 Approved
Friends Meeting House Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AH
Replacement of 6mo south facing sash windows on the Large Meeting Room and replacement of…
25/02037/LB
2025 Approved
24 Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AE
Roof repairs. Remove the existing roof coverings of clay and concrete tiles. Remove the b…
25/01783/LB
2025 Approved
24 Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AE
Roof repairs. Remove the existing roof coverings of clay and concrete tiles. Remove the b…
25/01783/LB
2016 Refused
Whately Hall Hotel 17 - 19 Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AN
1 No Ash Tree T4 (T6 on TPO) - Reduce crown by 8m and 4.5m off the spread in each directi…
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2016 Approved
Morrison Property Consultants 24 Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0YA
Internal Alterations & Refurbishment
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2016 Approved
County Chambers First And Second Floors 10 Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AH
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16/01638/F
2016 Refused
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2016 Approved
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Cherwell
Planning Authority Score
3.6/10
Below average
#214 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings