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The Gables 1 Knaptons Croft Lower Heyford Bicester OX25 5NR

24/01434/FFull DevelopmentApproved
Full

Approved on 16 September 2024

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Minor demolition of ground floor rear glazed bay and replacement with new doors in enlarged opening. Installation of sun tunnel roof light. Extension of existing windows to doors to rear first floor bedrooms with glazed guarding

Received
25 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Fringford And Heyfords
  1. Received25 May
  2. Validated24 Jun
  3. Consult.25 Jul
  4. Target16 Sep
  5. Decided16 Sep

Decided in 84 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Gables 1 Knaptons Croft Lower Heyford Bicester OX25 5NR. Cherwell has handled 4,283 applications of this type. This one was decided in 114 days, 7 weeks longer than Cherwell's typical decision time. The site is in the Rousham conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 158 applications across Fringford And Heyfords. 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 5NR
Application type
Full Development
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Lower Heyford

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 June 2024
Last date for comments
25 July 2024
Target decision date
16 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
BW Architects Ltd Masons Gate Townsend Marsh Gibbon Bicester OX27 0EY

Planning decision

Statutory period
84 days

Additional information

Documents
4

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: Rousham
  • 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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