Southfield Farm North Lane Weston On The Green OX25 3RG Data via plota.co.uk

26/01297/CLUE - Certificate of Lawful Use Existing Approved

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Development for confirmation that the operational development has been lawfully carried out pursuant to planning permission and has therefore lawfully commenced accordingly Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 May 2026
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Approved
20 Jul 2026

Approved on 20 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 8 Sept 2026

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Site constraints 8

6 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Westfield Cottage, Grade II, about 17 m from the postcode pin · 6 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 ↗
Weston on the Green 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 ↗
Public footpath about 24 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1649 m away: Oxfordshire Strategic Rail Freight Interchange; SSSI about 428 m away: Weston Fen SSSI; Inside the Weston-on-the-Green built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) 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 6 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 Planning Inspectorate 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
Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
Postcode
OX25 3RG
Received
21 May 2026
Validated
21 May 2026
Ward
Launton And Otmoor
Parish
Weston On The Green
Target decision
16 Jul 2026
Decision
Permitted
Decision date
20 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated

Public comments

9comments received

Last counted 8 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
1 Jul 2026
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