Blacksmith Cottage Blacksmiths Lane Charlton On Otmoor Kidlington OX5 2UH Data via plota.co.uk

25/02912/F - Full Development Approved

Proposal

The construction of a single storey contemporary garden building to be used as a home office Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Nov 2025
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Approved
23 Jan 2026

Approved on 23 Jan 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 8 Oct 2026

Documents 9

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Officer Report Document · 23 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Decision Document · 23 Jan 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 3

PDF Plans - Site Document · 7 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Plans - Site Document · 7 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Plans - Proposed Document · 7 Nov 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Consultation Response Document · 14 Nov 2025 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF Case Correspondence Document · 22 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Application Documents Document · 7 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Supporting Documents Document · 7 Nov 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

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.
Read the government guidance ↗
Charlton-on-Otmoor conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Public footpath about 27 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
10 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Radon affected area, class 4; Inside the Charlton-on-Otmoor built-up area; National infrastructure project about 1413 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 7 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
Full Development
Postcode
OX5 2UH
Received
7 Nov 2025
Validated
7 Nov 2025
Ward
Launton And Otmoor
Parish
Charlton On Otmoor
Case officer
Show
Target decision
25 Jan 2026
Decision
Permitted
Decision date
23 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Green Retreats Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 77 days from validation, 17 days slower than Cherwell's median of 60 for full applications. Approved, as 91% of full applications here are.

44%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
681decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
11 Dec 2025

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
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2025
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2025 Approved
Home Farm Barns Church Lane Charlton On Otmoor Kidlington OX5 2TZ
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2025 Approved
Home Farm Barns Church Lane Charlton On Otmoor Kidlington OX5 2TZ
Erection of garden shed to the west of the main house
25/02352/F
2025 Approved
St Marys House High Street Charlton On Otmoor OX5 2UQ
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2025 Approved
St Marys House High Street Charlton On Otmoor OX5 2UQ
Please see attached schedule.
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2025 Approved
The Cottage High Street Charlton On Otmoor OX5 2UQ
Proposed extension to provide additional headroom to rear of cottage
25/01342/F
2025 Approved
The Cottage High Street Charlton On Otmoor OX5 2UQ
Proposed extension to provide additional headroom to rear of cottage
25/01342/F
2025
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25/01492/TCA
2025
Old Post Office High Street Charlton On Otmoor OX5 2UQ
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25/01492/TCA
2025
Grebe Cottage High Street Charlton On Otmoor OX5 2UQ
Cherry (T1) - Crown Reduce by 2 meters to provide clearance from the road Willow (T2) - R…
25/01423/TCA
2025
Grebe Cottage High Street Charlton On Otmoor OX5 2UQ
Cherry (T1) - Crown Reduce by 2 meters to provide clearance from the road Willow (T2) - R…
25/01423/TCA
2025 Withdrawn
Grebe Cottage High Street Charlton On Otmoor OX5 2UQ
Removal of existing plaster in study up to a height of 1 metre, the installation of a wat…
25/00165/LB
2025 Withdrawn
Grebe Cottage High Street Charlton On Otmoor OX5 2UQ
Removal of existing plaster in study up to a height of 1 metre, the installation of a wat…
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2025
Woodbine Cottage High Street Charlton On Otmoor OX5 2UQ
Silver Birch (T1) - fell to ground level tree has high amounts of decay and close to prop…
25/00900/TCA
2025
Woodbine Cottage High Street Charlton On Otmoor OX5 2UQ
Silver Birch (T1) - fell to ground level tree has high amounts of decay and close to prop…
25/00900/TCA
2024 Approved
Daisies High Street Charlton On Otmoor Kidlington OX5 2UQ
Removal of single storey rear extension. Construction of part single storey and part two…
24/03073/F
2024 Approved
Daisies High Street Charlton On Otmoor Kidlington OX5 2UQ
Removal of single storey rear extension. Construction of part single storey and part two…
24/03073/F
2016 Approved
The Spaseys High Street Charlton On Otmoor Kidlington OX5 2UQ
T1 x Ornamental Cherry - Fell.
16/00084/TCA
2016 Approved
The Old Rectory High Street Charlton On Otmoor Kidlington OX5 2UQ
T1 x Tree of Heaven - Remove 4 lowest limbs growing over boundary/neighbours wall. T2 x O…
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2016 Approved
Cumberland Barn Church Lane Charlton On Otmoor Kidlington OX5 2TZ
Variation of Condition 3 of 14/00424/LB to allow use of a different externally facing roo…
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2016 Approved
Cumberland Barn Church Lane Charlton On Otmoor Kidlington OX5 2TZ
Variation of Condition 3 of 14/00425/F to allow use of a different externally facing roof…
16/00001/F
2016 Withdrawn
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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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings