Chestnut Barn, Thame Road, Sydenham, Chinnor, OX39 4LA Data via plota.co.uk

P26/S2055/3Q - Prior Approval - Part 3 Class Q (a) Withdrawn

Proposal

Change of use and associated building operations to re-use existing agricultural building to two dwellinghouses Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓

Received

2 Jun 2026

✓

Validated

25 Jun 2026

−

Withdrawn

6 Aug 2026

Withdrawn on 6 Aug 2026 · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Documents 1

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application - Application Form · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

Agricultural Land Classification

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

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.

Recorded by the council for this site.

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Not affected

Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 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

Council: South Oxfordshire
Application type: Prior Approval - Part 3 Class Q (a)
Postcode: OX39 4LA
Received: 2 Jun 2026
Validated: 25 Jun 2026
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 20 Aug 2026
Decision: Withdrawn
Decision date: 6 Aug 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: ALB Planning

Public comments

1comment received

1 neutral

Last counted 24 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 2 Jul 2026
Comments by: 30 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry: 20 Aug 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2017 Approved

Copse Farm Thame Road Sydenham OX39 4LA

Erection of toilet/shower block with chemical disposal point and sewage treatment tank to…

P17/S1228/FUL 6 Jun 2017

2017 Approved

Copse Farm Thame Road Sydenham OX39 4LA

Erection of toilet/shower block with chemical disposal point and sewage treatment tank to…

P17/S1228/FUL 6 Jun 2017

South Oxfordshire

Planning Authority Score

7.6/10

Good

#39 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

South Oxfordshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #89 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils

98% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

South Oxfordshire decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

94%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #47 of 296

98%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #23 of 296

74%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #89 of 296

35%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #105 of 296

83%

Minor dwellings approved

163 decided (1-9 homes)

56%

Major dwellings approved

27 decided (10+ homes)

92%

Change of use approved

26 decided

1,529

Total decisions

96 refused in the year to March 2026