Shipton On Cherwell Quarry Shipton On Cherwell Kidlington OX5 3BA Data via plota.co.uk
Under Consultation
26/01714/OCC
Description
Partly retrospective winning and working of mineral, extraction of previously deposited materials, foundations and in-ground structures; partly retrospective restoration using imported inert infill material; installation of a wheel spinner and associated office; and retrospective additional HGV and staff parking areas MW. Data via plota.co.uk
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Decision outlook
Plota predicted a decision around 29 Oct 2026; it is now day 127.
Day 127, past the statutory target. 77% of commercial and major works in Cherwell are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 24 Aug 2026.
Day 12771 days past the 56-day target
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 →
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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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
2025
Partly retrospective winning and working of mineral, extraction of previously deposited m…
2025
Partly retrospective winning and working of mineral, extraction of previously deposited m…
2025
Approved
Partly retrospective winning and working of mineral, extraction of previously deposited m…
2025
Approved
Partly retrospective winning and working of mineral, extraction of previously deposited m…
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2024
Approved
1 Field View Lane Shipton On Cherwell OX5 3FT
RETROSPECTIVE - Change of Use of the land from amenity land to private garden curtilage
2024
Approved
1 Field View Lane Shipton On Cherwell OX5 3FT
RETROSPECTIVE - Change of Use of the land from amenity land to private garden curtilage
2024
Approved
Scrapyard Bunkers Hill Shipton On Cherwell
Erection of secondary building to north-east of existing building
2024
Approved
Scrapyard Bunkers Hill Shipton On Cherwell
Erection of secondary building to north-east of existing building
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…
2019
Approved
3 Bunkers Hill Shipton On Cherwell OX5 3BA
Single storey rear extension
2019
Approved
3 Bunkers Hill Shipton On Cherwell OX5 3BA
Single storey rear extension
2019
Approved
Oxford Works Quarry Shipton On Cherwell OX5 3BA
Continuation of development without complying with condition 2 (mineral extraction cessat…
2019
Approved
Oxford Works Quarry Shipton On Cherwell OX5 3BA
Continuation of development without complying with condition 2 (mineral extraction cessat…
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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