Dewars Farm Ardley Road Middleton Stoney Oxfordshire OX25 4AE Data via plota.co.uk

26/01389/R56 - Agricultural to Flexible Uses within A1/A2/A3/B1/B8/C1/D2 Approved

Proposal

Proposed conversion of 2no. existing agricultural barns to Class B8 (storage/distribution) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Sept 2026, 22:22

Application progress

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Received

2 Jun 2026

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Approved

27 Jul 2026

Approved on 27 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 8 Sept 2026

Documents 14

Site constraints 5

Agricultural land, grade 2

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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

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.

National infrastructure project about 68 m away: Oxfordshire Strategic Rail Freight Interchange

The site is about 68 m from the project boundary. Rail freight interchange, under examination.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

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

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; SSSI about 421 m away: Ardley Trackways SSSI.

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, 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: Agricultural to Flexible Uses within A1/A2/A3/B1/B8/C1/D2
Postcode: OX25 4AE
Received: 2 Jun 2026
Validated: 2 Jun 2026
Ward: Fringford And Heyfords
Parish: Middleton Stoney
Target decision: 28 Jul 2026
Decision: Prior Approval Not Required
Decision date: 27 Jul 2026
Decision level: Delegated

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, 27 days slower than Cherwell's median of 28 for agricultural works. Approved, as 82% of agricultural works here are.

This one55d

Council28d

UK46d

91%decided within 8 weeks

82%approved

35decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 10 Jul 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved

Dewars Farm Ardley Road Middleton Stoney Bicester OX25 4AE

Further information submitted for 23/00788/CM - Winning and working of mineral and progre…

23/02763/CM 2 Nov 2023

2023 Approved

Dewars Farm Ardley Road Middleton Stoney Bicester OX25 4AE

Further information submitted for 23/00788/CM - Winning and working of mineral and progre…

23/02763/CM 2 Nov 2023

2023 Approved

Dewars Farm Ardley Road Middleton Stoney Bicester OX25 4AE

Winning and working of mineral and progressive restoration to agriculture and nature cons…

23/00788/CM 19 Apr 2023

2023 Approved

Dewars Farm Ardley Road Middleton Stoney Bicester OX25 4AE

Winning and working of mineral and progressive restoration to agriculture and nature cons…

23/00788/CM 19 Apr 2023

2023 Approved

Dewars Farm Ardley Road Middleton Stoney OX25 4AE

Discharge of condition 3 (Access details) of 22/02190/F

23/00053/DISC 16 Mar 2023

2023 Approved

Dewars Farm Ardley Road Middleton Stoney OX25 4AE

Discharge of condition 3 (Access details) of 22/02190/F

23/00053/DISC 16 Mar 2023

2022 Approved

Dewars Farm Ardley Road Middleton Stoney OX25 4AE

Installation of new vehicular access and access track

22/02190/F 13 Oct 2022

2022 Approved

Dewars Farm Ardley Road Middleton Stoney OX25 4AE

Installation of new vehicular access and access track

22/02190/F 13 Oct 2022

2022 Approved

Manor Farm Ardley Road Middleton Stoney OX25 4AE

Change of Use of an existing agricultural building to storage use (B8)

22/01375/R56 5 Jul 2022

2022 Approved

Manor Farm Ardley Road Middleton Stoney OX25 4AE

Change of Use of an existing agricultural building to storage use (B8)

22/01375/R56 5 Jul 2022

2022 Refused

2 Dewars Farm Cottages Ardley Road Middleton Stoney Oxfordshire OX25 4AE

Proposed single & 1.5 storey front extension (re-submission of app. No. 21/01851/F)

22/00642/F 27 Apr 2022

2022 Refused

2 Dewars Farm Cottages Ardley Road Middleton Stoney Oxfordshire OX25 4AE

Proposed single & 1.5 storey front extension (re-submission of app. No. 21/01851/F)

22/00642/F 27 Apr 2022

2021 Withdrawn

2 Dewars Farm Cottages Ardley Road Middleton Stoney OX25 4AE

Single and 1.5 storey front elevation

21/01851/F 30 Jul 2021

2021 Withdrawn

2 Dewars Farm Cottages Ardley Road Middleton Stoney OX25 4AE

Single and 1.5 storey front elevation

21/01851/F 30 Jul 2021

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

Dewars Farm Ardley Road Middleton Stoney Oxfordshire OX25 4AE Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 14

Decision & officer reports 2

Plans & drawings 5

Consultation & comments 5

Other documents 2

Site constraints 5

Important details

How this decision compares

Consultation & key dates

Nearby activity