Wilderness Cottages Heythrop Park Heythrop Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5UF Data via plota.co.uk

25/03073/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Conversion of Wilderness Cottage from five flats to three dwellings and associated works (amended plans & description) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

16 Dec 2025

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Validated

13 Jan 2026

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Approved

21 Aug 2026

Approved on 21 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 22 Aug 2026

Documents 25

Associated applications 2

FullApproved21 Aug 202625/03073/FULThis application
Conversion of Wilderness Cottage from five flats to three dwellings and associated works (amended plans & description)
Conditions 5, 7 awaiting decision
- ConditionsDischarge of condition 5 (fence details) and condition 7 (soft landscaping scheme)27 Aug 202626/02087/CND

Site constraints 5

Registered park or garden: Heythrop Park

Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.

Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.

Historic England ↗

Habitat network: Wood pasture and parkland

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

1 listed building within 150 m

Nearest: Walled garden approximately 500 metres south east of Heythrop House, Grade II, 32 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 ↗

Also on the record

Priority habitat 14 m away: Deciduous woodland; the 1970s provisional farmland map 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 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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27 Aug 2026Pending

Wilderness Cottages Heythrop Park Heythrop Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5UF

Discharge of condition 5 (fence details) and condition 7 (soft landscaping schem...

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Wilderness Cottages Heythrop Park Heythrop Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5UF

Discharge of condition 3 (fence details) of listed building consent 25/03074/LBC

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Important details

Council: West Oxfordshire
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: OX7 5UF
Received: 16 Dec 2025
Validated: 13 Jan 2026
Ward: Kingham, Rollright and Enstone
Parish: Heythrop
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 10 Mar 2026
Decision: Approve
Decision date: 21 Aug 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: JPPC Chartered Town Planners

How this decision compares

Decided in 220 days from validation, 160 days slower than West Oxfordshire's median of 60 for full applications. Approved, as 90% of full applications here are.

This one220d

Council60d

UK56d

49%decided within 8 weeks

90%approved

5%go to committee

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 22 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14567392
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025

Demolition of three outbuildings attached to the listed garden wall and making good; conv…

25/03074/LBC 16 Dec 2025

2025

Demolition of three outbuildings attached to the listed garden wall and making good; conv…

25/03074/LBC 16 Dec 2025

West Oxfordshire

Planning Authority Score

7.1/10

Good

#60 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder 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

Wilderness Cottages Heythrop Park Heythrop Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5UF Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 25

Decision & officer reports 1

Statements & assessments 14

Application forms 2

Consultation & comments 6

Other documents 2