The East Wing The Old Rectory Church Street Somerton Bicester OX25 6NB
Approved on 2 November 2015
Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Conversion of loft including front and rear dormer windows
- Received
- 15 December 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cherwell District Council
- Ward
- The Astons And Heyfords
- ReceivedReceived15 Dec
- ValidatedValidated23 Dec
- Consult.Consultation27 Jan
- TargetTarget Date17 Feb
- DecidedDecided2 Nov
Decided in 314 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at The East Wing The Old Rectory Church Street Somerton Bicester OX25 6NB. Cherwell has handled 4,283 applications of this type. This one was decided in 322 days, 37 weeks longer than Cherwell's typical decision time. The site is in the Somerton conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,244 applications in total for the OX25 postcode area.
92% of full applications at Cherwell District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- OX25 6NB
- Application type
- Full Development
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Somerton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 December 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 5 February 2015
- Consultation start
- 6 January 2015
- Consultation end
- 27 January 2015
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 January 2015
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 January 2015
- Last date for comments
- 5 February 2015
- Target decision date
- 17 February 2015
- Application expires
- 5 February 2015
- Permission expires
- 2 November 2018
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Peter Harvey 101 Park Road North Leigh Witney OX29 6SB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 15 January 2015
- Advertisement expiry
- 5 February 2015
Additional information
- Documents
- 33
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Somerton
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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Source: Cherwell
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