Manor Farm Great Wolford Shipston-on-Stour CV36 5NQ Data via plota.co.uk

25/03171/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Erection of DIY livery stables on the site of a previous agricultural barn, and change of use from agricultural to equestrian land. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
31 Dec 2025
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Committee
22 Apr 2026
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Approved
23 Apr 2026

Approved on 23 Apr 2026 · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Stratford on Avon Planning Committee on 22 Apr 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised granting permission because the proposal complied with planning policies and caused no unacceptable heritage, landscape, amenity or highway harm.
  • The ward member, parish council and one objector opposed the scheme, while five third parties supported farm diversification and viability.
  • The committee voted nine to zero with one abstention to grant permission, subject to ten conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officer assessment, objections, speakers, committee debate, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Stratford on Avon's committee minutes of 22 Apr 2026.

Site constraints 4

Grade II listed: Manor Farmhouse
List entry 1024283 · 3 m away · 2 more listed buildings within 150 m (2 Grade II)
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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Scheduled monument 34 m away: Moated site
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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) agrees.
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.
Also on the record
National landscape 367 m away: Cotswolds.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 1 October 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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Important details

Application type
Full Application
Postcode
CV36 5NQ
Received
31 Dec 2025
Validated
31 Dec 2025
Ward
Brailes & Compton
Parish
Great Wolford - The Wolfords JPC
Case officer
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Target decision
23 Apr 2026
Decision date
23 Apr 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 113 days from validation, 45 days slower than Stratford on Avon's median of 68 for agricultural works. Approved, as 90% of agricultural works here are.

46%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
79decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
12 Feb 2026
Comments by
14 Feb 2026
Site or press notice
22 Jan 2026
Committee
22 Apr 2026
Stratford on Avon
Planning Authority Score
5.5/10
Average
#121 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Stratford on Avon ranks #142 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Stratford on Avon decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #94 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #93 of 296
67%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #142 of 296
42%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #166 of 296
82%
Minor dwellings approved
146 decided (1-9 homes)
91%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
87%
Change of use approved
53 decided
1,257
Total decisions
98 refused in the year to March 2026

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