Elm Tree Farm Main Street Wendlebury Bicester OX25 2QA Data via plota.co.uk

26/02445/F - Full Development Valid Applicaton Received
Agricultural

Proposal

Erection of agricultural building for general agricultural storage and workshop area (resubmission of application ) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Sept 2026
✓
Validated
21 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 16 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 18 Nov 2026 and 13 Dec 2026, from Cherwell's recent agricultural works.

Documents 7

Plans & drawings 5

PDF Plans - Site Document · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Plans - Site Document · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Plans - Proposed Document · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Plans - Proposed Document · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Plans - Proposed Document · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Application Documents Document · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Application Documents Document · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗

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Associated applications 2

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    Erection of agricultural building for general agricultural storage and workshop area (resubmission)
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Site constraints 3

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.
Public footpath about 20 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
National infrastructure project about 1213 m away: Oxfordshire Strategic Rail Freight Interchange.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 23 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
OX25 2QA
Received
11 Sept 2026
Validated
21 Oct 2026
Ward
Launton And Otmoor
Parish
Wendlebury
Target decision
16 Dec 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
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Decision outlook

Day 8 of the 56-day target. Cherwell usually decides agricultural works by day 28.

Day 848 days to the 56-day target
91%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
35decided in the last year

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

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2019 Approved
Proposed building for the storage of machinery and forage to support expanding pedigree c…
19/02230/AGN
2019 Approved
Proposed building for the storage of machinery and forage to support expanding pedigree c…
19/02230/AGN
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
Elm Tree Farm Main Street Wendlebury OX25 2QA
Discharge of condition 3 (waste disposal) of 23/02775/F
25/03108/DISC
2025
Elm Tree Farm Main Street Wendlebury OX25 2QA
Discharge of condition 3 (waste disposal) of 23/02775/F
25/03108/DISC
2025
Elm Tree Farm Main Street Wendlebury OX25 2QA
Erection of agricultural building for general agricultural storage, with agricultural wor…
25/01210/F
2025
Elm Tree Farm Main Street Wendlebury OX25 2QA
Erection of agricultural building for general agricultural storage, with agricultural wor…
25/01210/F
2023 Approved
Elm Tree Farm Main Street Wendlebury OX25 2QA
Change of Use of part of agricultural field for use as a dog walking area
23/02775/F
2023 Approved
Elm Tree Farm Main Street Wendlebury OX25 2QA
Change of Use of part of agricultural field for use as a dog walking area
23/02775/F
2022 Approved
Elm Tree Farm Main Street Wendlebury OX25 2QA
Change of Use of one agricultural building to B8 use
22/02165/R56
2022 Approved
Elm Tree Farm Main Street Wendlebury OX25 2QA
Change of Use of one agricultural building to B8 use
22/02165/R56
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