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Salvation Army Swan Close Road Banbury OX16 5AQ

22/03224/FFull DevelopmentApproved
Full

Approved on 13 January 2023

Council decision: PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Variation of Condition 3 (temporary consent expiry date) of 18/01214/F (Change of Use to B8 storage and distribution with ancillary Class A1 shops and B1 offices).

Received
24 October 2022
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Banbury Grimsbury And Hightown
  1. Received24 Oct
  2. Validated24 Oct
  3. Consult.24 Nov
  4. Target16 Jan
  5. Decided13 Jan

Decided in 81 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Salvation Army Swan Close Road Banbury OX16 5AQ. Cherwell has handled 4,283 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 3 weeks longer than Cherwell's typical decision time. The site is in the Oxford Canal conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Banbury Grimsbury And Hightown. We hold 1,041 applications in total for the OX16 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
OX16 5AQ
Application type
Full Development
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Banbury

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 October 2022
Last date for comments
24 November 2022
Target decision date
16 January 2023
Committee meeting
12 January 2023

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Salvation Army Trading Company Limited

Planning decision

Statutory period
84 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Oxford Canal
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Cherwell

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