Woodlands Farm Ardley Road Bucknell Bicester OX27 7HW Data via plota.co.uk

25/03079/F - Full Development Approved

Proposal

Removal of rear conservatory. Replace with single storey rear and side extension to create living area and annexe bedroom. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 Nov 2025
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Validated
3 Dec 2025
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Approved
13 Feb 2026

Approved on 13 Feb 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Documents 7

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Officer Report Document · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Decision Document · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 4

PDF Plans - Site Document · 12 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Plans - Proposed Document · 12 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Plans - Site Document · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Plans - Existing Document · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Application Documents Document · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

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 619 m away: Oxfordshire Strategic Rail Freight Interchange
The site is about 619 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 Enhancement Zone 2
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.
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
Full Development
Postcode
OX27 7HW
Received
26 Nov 2025
Validated
3 Dec 2025
Ward
Fringford And Heyfords
Parish
Bucknell
Target decision
16 Feb 2026
Decision
Permitted
Decision date
13 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegated

How this decision compares

Decided in 72 days from validation, 12 days slower than Cherwell's median of 60 for full applications. Approved, as 91% of full applications here are.

44%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
681decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
15 Jan 2026

Historical activity at this location

26 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2021 Approved
Single storey outbuilding ancillary to dwelling
21/04109/F
2021 Approved
Single storey outbuilding ancillary to dwelling
21/04109/F
2018 Approved
Discharge of Conditions 1 (schedule of materials), 2 (parking specification details), 4 (…
18/00074/DISC
2018 Approved
Discharge of Conditions 1 (schedule of materials), 2 (parking specification details), 4 (…
18/00074/DISC
2016 Approved
Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development for demolition of existing garage and w…
16/01839/CLUP
2016 Approved
Conversion of agricultural barn to form two dwellings
16/01054/Q56
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
The Granary Ardley Road Bucknell Bicester OX27 7HW
Proposed extension to outbuilding
24/00978/F
2024 Approved
The Granary Ardley Road Bucknell Bicester OX27 7HW
Proposed extension to outbuilding
24/00978/F
2023 Approved
The Granary Ardley Road Bucknell Bicester OX27 7HW
Proposed side extension and the insertion of 3 no. dormer windows to rear elevation
23/02469/F
2023 Approved
The Granary Ardley Road Bucknell Bicester OX27 7HW
Proposed side extension and the insertion of 3 no. dormer windows to rear elevation
23/02469/F
2023 Approved
The Granary Ardley Road Bucknell Bicester OX27 7HW
RETROSPECTIVE - Proposed alterations to access and external works to property
23/00306/F
2023 Approved
The Granary Ardley Road Bucknell Bicester OX27 7HW
RETROSPECTIVE - Proposed alterations to access and external works to property
23/00306/F
2021 Approved
The Old Granary Ardley Road Bucknell OX27 7HW
Discharge of Conditions 3 (brickwork sample), 4 (roof sample), 5 (Door & Window details)…
21/01710/DISC
2021 Approved
The Old Granary Ardley Road Bucknell OX27 7HW
Discharge of Conditions 3 (brickwork sample), 4 (roof sample), 5 (Door & Window details)…
21/01710/DISC
2021 Approved
The Dairy Shed Ardley Road Bucknell OX27 7HW
Garage/car port with solar array
21/00134/F
2021 Approved
The Dairy Shed Ardley Road Bucknell OX27 7HW
Garage/car port with solar array
21/00134/F
2020 Approved
The Old Granary Ardley Road Bucknell OX27 7HW
Variation of Conditions 2 (plans), 8 (demolition and clearing of materials), 9 (Biodivers…
20/02558/F
2020 Approved
The Old Granary Ardley Road Bucknell OX27 7HW
Variation of Conditions 2 (plans), 8 (demolition and clearing of materials), 9 (Biodivers…
20/02558/F
2020 Approved
The Old Granary Ardley Road Bucknell OX27 7HW
Demolition of existing building and erection of a 4 bedroom dwelling and associated works…
20/01423/F
2020 Approved
The Old Granary Ardley Road Bucknell OX27 7HW
Demolition of existing building and erection of a 4 bedroom dwelling and associated works…
20/01423/F
2019 Approved
Old Milking Parlour Ardley Road Bucknell Bicester OX27 7HW
PART RETROSPECTIVE Conversion of barn to form 2 no. dwellings, change of use of land from…
19/00618/F
2019 Approved
Old Milking Parlour Ardley Road Bucknell Bicester OX27 7HW
PART RETROSPECTIVE Conversion of barn to form 2 no. dwellings, change of use of land from…
19/00618/F
2018
The Old Granary Ardley Road Bucknell Bicester OX27 7HW
New detached garage to serve converted barn development
18/01640/F
2018
The Old Granary Ardley Road Bucknell Bicester OX27 7HW
New detached garage to serve converted barn development
18/01640/F
2017 Approved
The Granary Woodlands Farm Ardley Road Bucknell Bicester OX27 7HW
Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Development for construction of access under applic…
17/01010/CLUE
2017 Approved
The Granary Woodlands Farm Ardley Road Bucknell Bicester OX27 7HW
Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Development for construction of access under applic…
17/01010/CLUE
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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings