Land South West Of Windmill Barn Cassington Road Yarnton Data via plota.co.uk

25/03210/SO - Screening Opinion Decided

Proposal

Screening Opinion for erection of up to 350 homes and associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 2 Oct 2026, 22:31

Application progress

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Received

10 Dec 2025

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Screening Opinion requesting EIA

23 Jan 2026

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Appeal dismissed

29 Jan 2026

Screening Opinion requesting EIA on 23 Jan 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Documents 14

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Document · 23 Jan 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 11

Site constraints 5

5 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Home Close, Grade II, about 26 m from the postcode pin · 5 Grade II

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.

Show all 5 with distances

26 mHome CloseGrade II
32 mJackson's FarmhouseGrade II
32 mParish Clerk's HouseGrade II
72 mPaternoster FarmhouseGrade II
89 mBarn and Attached Bakehouse Approximately 5 Metres South of Paternoster FarmhouseGrade II

Historic England ↗

National infrastructure project about 986 m away: Botley West Solar Farm

The site is about 986 m from the project boundary. Generating station, awaiting the Secretary of State's decision. Also within 2 km: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements (at pre-application, about 1601 m).

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 ↗

Also on the record

Inside the Yarnton built-up area; Green belt about 97 m away: Oxford; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 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 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: Screening Opinion
Received: 10 Dec 2025
Validated: 10 Dec 2025
Ward: Kidlington West
Parish: Yarnton
Target decision: 23 Jan 2026
Decision: Screening Opinion requesting EIA
Decision date: 23 Jan 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Appeal: Dismissed · 29 Jan 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 3375292 ↗

Public comments

2comments received

Last counted 2 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Cherwell

Planning Authority Score

3.6/10

Below average

#214 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

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