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26/02306/F - Full Development Under Consultation
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Erection of a single storey-rear extension with 1no rooflight Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
1 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 27 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 28 Oct 2026, from Cherwell's recent extensions.

The consultation period closed on 21 Oct 2026.

Documents 17

Plans & drawings 14

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Consultation & comments 1

PDF Consultation Response Document · 14 Oct 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Application Documents Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Supporting Documents Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 4

Green belt: Oxford
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1949 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application.
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 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
Full Development
Postcode
OX5 3DX
Received
1 Sept 2026
Validated
1 Sept 2026
Ward
Launton And Otmoor
Parish
Bletchingdon
Case officer
Show
Target decision
27 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
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Decision outlook

Day 57, past the statutory target. 87% of extensions in Cherwell are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 1 Dec 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 27 Oct 2026.

Day 571 days past the 56-day target
57%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
467decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Cherwell in the last twelve months, from validation. Cherwell decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
21 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Asker Horse Sports Islip Road Bletchingdon OX5 3DX
RETROSPECTIVE - Change of Use from equestrian to guest house (Use Class C1)
25/03356/F
2025 Approved
Asker Horse Sports Islip Road Bletchingdon OX5 3DX
RETROSPECTIVE - Change of Use from equestrian to guest house (Use Class C1)
25/03356/F
2024 Approved
Heathfield Park Caravan Site Street Through Heathfield Village Heathfield OX5 3DX
Use of 9 of the 150 approved holiday mobile homes on a permanent residency basis retainin…
24/01650/F
2024 Approved
Heathfield Park Caravan Site Street Through Heathfield Village Heathfield OX5 3DX
Use of 9 of the 150 approved holiday mobile homes on a permanent residency basis retainin…
24/01650/F
2024 Approved
Land East Of Heathfield Cottages Heathfield OX5 3DX
Erection of 2 horse stable, feed store and secure tack room land used for keeping of hors…
24/01683/F
2024 Approved
Land East Of Heathfield Cottages Heathfield OX5 3DX
Erection of 2 horse stable, feed store and secure tack room land used for keeping of hors…
24/01683/F
2024 Refused
2 Meadow Walk Heathfield OX5 3FG
Dormer extension to rear roofslope and rooflights to rear roofslope to facilitate convers…
24/02403/F
2024 Refused
2 Meadow Walk Heathfield OX5 3FG
Dormer extension to rear roofslope and rooflights to rear roofslope to facilitate convers…
24/02403/F
2023 Approved
The Oxfordshire Inn Meadow Walk Heathfield Kidlington OX5 3FG
Redevelopment of the site to provide 2 no. detached dwellings with car ports following re…
23/03284/F
2023 Approved
The Oxfordshire Inn Meadow Walk Heathfield Kidlington OX5 3FG
Redevelopment of the site to provide 2 no. detached dwellings with car ports following re…
23/03284/F
2023 Approved
Heathfield Golf And Country Club Heathfield Kidlington OX5 3DX
RETROSPECTIVE - Use of land for the siting of caravans to include replacement building (o…
23/00899/F
2023 Approved
Heathfield Golf And Country Club Heathfield Kidlington OX5 3DX
RETROSPECTIVE - Use of land for the siting of caravans to include replacement building (o…
23/00899/F
2022 Approved
Former Heathfield Cattery Street Through Heathfield Village Heathfield Kidlington OX5 3DX
Change of use with physical alterations including part demolition; part roof alterations…
22/01542/F
2022 Approved
Former Heathfield Cattery Street Through Heathfield Village Heathfield Kidlington OX5 3DX
Change of use with physical alterations including part demolition; part roof alterations…
22/01542/F
2022 Approved
The Oxfordshire Inn Meadow Walk Heathfield Oxfordshire OX5 3DX
Conversion of existing roof void to form replacement ancillary staff accommodation
22/00406/F
2022 Approved
The Oxfordshire Inn Meadow Walk Heathfield Oxfordshire OX5 3DX
Conversion of existing roof void to form replacement ancillary staff accommodation
22/00406/F
2022 Approved
Hutchinson 3G Telecommunications Mast Ox0086 Heathfield Farm Heathfield OX5 3DX
1) The removal of existing 3 No. antenna to be replaced by 3 No. Antenna; 2) Development…
22/00239/TEL
2022 Approved
Hutchinson 3G Telecommunications Mast Ox0086 Heathfield Farm Heathfield OX5 3DX
1) The removal of existing 3 No. antenna to be replaced by 3 No. Antenna; 2) Development…
22/00239/TEL
2020 Approved
Heathfield Park Golf Driving Range Heathfield OX5 3DX
Change of Use from golf driving range to stud farm - remove existing buildings and replac…
20/01114/F
2020 Approved
Heathfield Park Golf Driving Range Heathfield OX5 3DX
Change of Use from golf driving range to stud farm - remove existing buildings and replac…
20/01114/F
2017 Approved
Heathfield Golf And Country Club Heathfield Kidlington OX5 3DX
Erection of a new building containing ancillary storage, toilets, changing facilities and…
17/00030/SO
2016 Refused
Heathfield Golf And Country Club Heathfield Kidlington OX5 3DX
Erection of a new building containing storage, toilets/changing facilities, staff rest ro…
16/02303/F
2016 Approved
Heathfield House Nursing Home Heathfield Kidlington OX5 3DX
Change of use of the land to site 2 No containerised biomass boilers with fuel stores, an…
16/02190/F
2016 Approved
Heathfield Golf And Country Club Heathfield Kidlington OX5 3DX
Screening opinion for 16/02303/F - Erection of a new building containing storage, toilets…
16/00101/SO
2016 Refused
The Oxfordshire Inn Heathfield Kidlington OX5 3DX
Redevelopment of site (function hall) to provide for 8no. two bedroom dwellings
16/01109/F
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. 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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings