Breach Farm, Wheatley Road, Stanton St John, OX33 1FG Data via plota.co.uk

P25/S3380/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Conversion of agricultural building to three dwellings with associated works. (Additional Information Received 30th January 2026 and 03 February 2026.) (Amended & Additional Plans Received 20th February 2026 and 09 March 2026.). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Oct 2025
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Validated
5 Nov 2025
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Approved
31 Jul 2026

Approved on 31 Jul 2026 · Committee · Last checked 11 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by South Oxfordshire Planning Committee on 30 Jul 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

  • Officers recommended approval, saying the scheme would generate less traffic than the prior approval and allow for landscaping and parking.
  • A supporter spoke in favour of the application, and members noted the parish council was not present.
  • The committee voted to approve the application subject to the listed conditions.
Read how the committee decided The site's planning history, who spoke, and the conditions attached to approval.

Source: Plota analysis of South Oxfordshire's committee minutes of 30 Jul 2026.

Site constraints 3

Green belt: Oxford
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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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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 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

Application type
Full Application
Postcode
OX33 1FG
Received
27 Oct 2025
Validated
5 Nov 2025
Case officer
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Target decision
13 Mar 2026
Decision
Planning Permission is Granted
Decision date
31 Jul 2026
Decision level
Committee
Applicant
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Agent
MLP

How this decision compares

Decided in 268 days from validation, 189 days slower than South Oxfordshire's median of 79 for full applications. Approved, as 87% of full applications here are.

33%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
7%go to committee

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 11 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
11 Nov 2025
Comments by
3 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
13 Mar 2026
South Oxfordshire
Planning Authority Score
7.6/10
Good
#39 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

South Oxfordshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #89 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
98% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
South Oxfordshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
94%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #47 of 296
98%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #23 of 296
74%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #89 of 296
35%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #105 of 296
83%
Minor dwellings approved
163 decided (1-9 homes)
56%
Major dwellings approved
27 decided (10+ homes)
92%
Change of use approved
26 decided
1,529
Total decisions
96 refused in the year to March 2026