Swifts House Farm Street From Baynards Green To Bucknell Stoke Lyne Data via plota.co.uk

26/02174/AGN - Agricultural Notification Case Officer Assigned

Proposal

Proposal is for two polytunnels and two water storage tanks. The polytunnels are 9.1m wide x 27.4m deep x 3.7m height. The water storage tanks are made from galvanised steel and 6.6m in diameter and 3m in height. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 12 Sept 2026, 02:16

Application progress

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Received

28 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 23 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 24 Sept 2026, from Cherwell's recent prior approvals.

Documents 4

Site constraints 4

Priority habitat: Deciduous woodland

A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.

Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ

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

Also on the record

Inside the Bucknell (Cherwell) built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map 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 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 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

Council: Cherwell
Application type: Agricultural Notification
Received: 28 Aug 2026
Validated: 28 Aug 2026
Ward: Fringford And Heyfords
Parish: Ardley With Fewcott
Decision level: Delegated

Decision outlook

Day 17 of the 56-day target. Cherwell usually decides prior approvals by day 27.

prediction

Day 1739 days to the 56-day target

100%decided within 8 weeks

98%approved

45decided in the last year

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

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

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