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26/02484/SCH17 - HS2 Schedule 17 submissions Case Officer Assigned

Proposal

In accordance with Schedule 17 paragraph 9 (1) of the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Act 2017 to Bring into Use Scheduled Work Nos. 2/104 - A bridge over Work No. 2/49 commencing at a point 166 metres west of the junction of bridleway 213/4 with the dismantled railway and terminating at a point 154 metres north of that junction. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓

Received

24 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 19 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 19 Nov 2026.

Documents 3

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Plans - Site Document · 24 Sept 2026 View ↗

Associated applications 4

Part of

1 Apr 2022council archive
- In accordance with Schedule 17 paragraph 9 (1) of the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands)…This application24 Sep 202626/02484/SCH17
- Show 2 more · 2 pending
  - In accordance with the requirements of paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 17 to the High Speed…24 Sep 202626/02485/SCH17
  - In accordance with Schedule 17 paragraph 9 (4) (b) of the High Speed Rail (London – West…24 Sep 202626/02483/SCH17

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 2

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 3. 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.

Public footpath about 23 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 3.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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 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: HS2 Schedule 17 submissions
Postcode: MK18 4AU
Received: 24 Sept 2026
Validated: 24 Sept 2026
Ward: Fringford And Heyfords
Parish: Finmere
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 19 Nov 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2021 Approved

In accordance with the requirements of paragraph 3 of Schedule 17 to the High Speed Rail…

21/04205/SCH17 1 Apr 2022

2021 Approved

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21/04205/SCH17 1 Apr 2022

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