The Barn, southwest of Manor Barn, Toot Baldon Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Demolition of barn and construction of dwelling with garage and associated works. As amended by revised details submitted on 1 September and 20 October 2025. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 15 Jan 2026 · Committee · Last checked 15 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by South Oxfordshire Planning Committee on 14 Jan 2026.
Approved
As officers recommended.
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
- Officers judged the barn's demolition would create infill development, not inappropriate in the green belt, and recommended approval.
- The parish council objected that the village had already met its housing numbers, but the applicant's agent supported the scheme.
- Members agreed the proposal was policy-compliant, and voted to approve it subject to conditions.
Source: Plota analysis of South Oxfordshire's committee minutes of 14 Jan 2026.
Documents 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 4
Checked on 1 November 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 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
- South Oxfordshire
- Application type
- Full Application
- Received
- 30 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 20 Aug 2025
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 16 Jan 2026
- Decision
- Planning Permission is Granted
- Decision date
- 15 Jan 2026
- Decision level
- Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- John Phillips Planning Consult
How this decision compares
Decided in 148 days from validation, 69 days slower than South Oxfordshire's median of 79 for full applications. Approved, as 87% of full applications here are.
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Public comments
Last counted 15 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Consultation
- 22 Aug 2025
- Comments by
- 4 Nov 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 16 Jan 2026
Historical activity at this location
14 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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