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26/00601/CLUP - Certificate of Lawful Use Proposed
Approved
Proposal
Extension of existing B2 (general industrial) building Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
6 Mar 2026
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Validated
24 Mar 2026
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Approved
20 May 2026
Approved on 20 May 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 19 Sept 2026
Documents 9
Decision & officer reports 3
Plans & drawings 2
Consultation & comments 1
Associated applications 3
- Extension of existing B2 (general industrial) building
Site constraints 7
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.
SSSI about 25 m away: Shipton-on-Cherwell & Whitehill Farm Quarries SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
National infrastructure project about 438 m away: Botley West Solar Farm
The site is about 438 m from the project boundary. Generating station, awaiting the Secretary of State's decision.
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
Also on the record
Green belt about 23 m away: Oxford; Priority habitat about 26 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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
- Certificate of Lawful Use Proposed
- Postcode
- OX5 3BA
- Received
- 6 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 24 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Launton And Otmoor
- Parish
- Shipton On Cherwell And Thrupp
- Target decision
- 20 May 2026
- Decision
- Permitted
- Decision date
- 20 May 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
How this decision compares
Decided in 57 days from validation, about the council's usual 57 days. Approved, as 90% of commercial and major works here are.
This one57d
Council57d
UK57d
50%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
16%go to committee
Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Cherwell in the last twelve months, from validation. Cherwell decision record →
Historical activity at this location
29 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
This property
Previous applications at this address
2020
Refused
Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use for use of the land for the storage and prepara…
2020
Refused
Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use for use of the land for the storage and prepara…
2018
Withdrawn
Certificate of Lawfulness Existing for scrap and car breakers' yard, including material s…
2018
Withdrawn
Certificate of Lawfulness Existing for scrap and car breakers' yard, including material s…
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Nearby activity
2025
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2024
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2024
Approved
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Erection of secondary building to north-east of existing building
2024
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Erection of secondary building to north-east of existing building
2025
Approved
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Partly retrospective winning and working of mineral, extraction of previously deposited m…
2025
Approved
Shipton on Cherwell Quarry Shipton On Cherwell Kidlington OX5 3BA
Partly retrospective winning and working of mineral, extraction of previously deposited m…
2023
Shipton-on-Cherwell Quarry, Bunkers Hill, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Kidlington, OX5 3BA
Partly retrospective winning and working of mineral, extraction of previously deposited m…
2023
Approved
4 Field View Lane Shipton On Cherwell OX5 3FT
Single storey rear extension and increase in size of the garage including first floor sid…
2023
Approved
4 Field View Lane Shipton On Cherwell OX5 3FT
Single storey rear extension and increase in size of the garage including first floor sid…
2020
Approved
Land Adj To Cotwold Country Club And South Of Properties On Bunkers Hill Shipton On Cherwell OX5 3BA
Removal of Conditions 17 (Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation), 18 (staged pro…
2020
Approved
Land Adj To Cotwold Country Club And South Of Properties On Bunkers Hill Shipton On Cherwell OX5 3BA
Removal of Conditions 17 (Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation), 18 (staged pro…
2020
Shipton on Cherwell Quarry, Bunkers Hill, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 3BA
Appeal made against Enforcement Notice Reference: EN.0003/20 dated 31st July 2020 for the…
2020
Land Adj To Cotwold Country Club And South Of Properties On Bunkers Hill Shipton On Cherwell OX5 3BA
Removal of Conditions 17 (Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation), 18 (staged pro…
2020
Land Adj To Cotwold Country Club And South Of Properties On Bunkers Hill Shipton On Cherwell OX5 3BA
Removal of conditions 3 (stone sample panel) & 4 (doors & windows) of 19/01410/REM
2020
Land Adj To Cotwold Country Club And South Of Properties On Bunkers Hill Shipton On Cherwell OX5 3BA
Removal of Conditions 17 (Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation), 18 (staged pro…
2020
Land Adj To Cotwold Country Club And South Of Properties On Bunkers Hill Shipton On Cherwell OX5 3BA
Removal of Conditions 17 (Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation), 18 (staged pro…
2020
Land Adj To Cotwold Country Club And South Of Properties On Bunkers Hill Shipton On Cherwell OX5 3BA
Removal of conditions 3 (stone sample panel) & 4 (doors & windows) of 19/01410/REM
2020
Land Adj To Cotwold Country Club And South Of Properties On Bunkers Hill Shipton On Cherwell OX5 3BA
Removal of Conditions 17 (Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation), 18 (staged pro…
2018
Refused
Shipton-on-Cherwell Quarry, Bunkers Hill, Shipton-on-Cherwell, OX5 3BA
Proposed extraction of mineral and restoration by infilling with imported inert materials…
2018
Refused
Oxford Works Quarry Shipton On Cherwell OX5 3BA
Proposed extraction of mineral and restoration by infilling with imported inert materials…
2018
Refused
Oxford Works Quarry Shipton On Cherwell OX5 3BA
Proposed extraction of mineral and restoration by infilling with imported inert materials…
2017
Approved
10 Bunkers Hill Shipton On Cherwell Kidlington OX5 3BA
Addition of single-storey glass canopy to rear elevation
2017
Approved
10 Bunkers Hill Shipton On Cherwell Kidlington OX5 3BA
Addition of single-storey glass canopy to rear elevation
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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application.
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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
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Scrapyard Bunkers Hill Shipton On Cherwell
Variation of Conditions 2 (plans), 3 (alternative scheme), 4 (drainage of parking area) and 5 (landscaping) of 21/01702/F - small changes to the approved plans prior to commencing works
- Received
- 8 Nov 2022
- Decided
- 6 Jan 2023
- Outcome
- Approved
- Type
- Full