Field Farm Church Road North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6TX Data via plota.co.uk

26/01264/LBC - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Internal and external alterations to convert the threshing barn into ancillary living space and staff accommodation. Demolition of existing stables and modern agricultural barns. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
22 May 2026
Validated
3 Jun 2026
Approved
3 Sept 2026

Approved on 3 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 4 Sept 2026

Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map 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.
1 listed building within 150 m
Nearest: Barn and Attached Cowhouse and Stables Approximately 50 Metres North West of Field Farmhouse (Not Included), Grade II, 56 m away
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.
Historic England ↗
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

Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
OX29 6TX
Received
22 May 2026
Validated
3 Jun 2026
Ward
North Leigh
Parish
North Leigh
Case officer
Show
Target decision
29 Jul 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
3 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Edgars Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 92 days from validation, 36 days slower than West Oxfordshire's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 98% of changes of use here are.

64%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
7%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by West Oxfordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. West Oxfordshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 4 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14893424
Env. assessment
No
West Oxfordshire
Planning Authority Score
7.1/10
Good
#60 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

West Oxfordshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #81 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (97%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
West Oxfordshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #33 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #46 of 296
75%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #81 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #135 of 296
83%
Minor dwellings approved
105 decided (1-9 homes)
72%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
95%
Change of use approved
37 decided
1,125
Total decisions
59 refused in the year to March 2026