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8 Heathfield Cottages Heathfield Kidlington OX5 3DU

25/00748/PIPPermission in PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 28 August 2025

Council decision: Appeal Allowed (Against Refusal)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Permission in Principle - Proposed conversion of existing building to form 1 no. dwellinghouse. Removal of existing outbuildings.

Received
21 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Launton And Otmoor
  1. Received21 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.2 May
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided28 Aug

Decided in 157 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at 8 Heathfield Cottages Heathfield Kidlington OX5 3DU. Cherwell has handled 549 applications of this type. This one was decided in 160 days, 14 weeks longer than Cherwell's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 175 applications across Launton And Otmoor. We hold 1,586 applications in total for the OX5 postcode area.

80% of outline 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
OX5 3DU
Application type
Permission in Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bletchingdon

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2025
Last date for comments
2 May 2025
Target decision date
6 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Alexc Cresswell 11 King Henry Avenue Wallingford OC10 0FN

Planning decision

Statutory period
43 days

Appeal

Appeal date
30 May 2025
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed
Appeal decision date
28 August 2025

Appeal history

3366681
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 28 August 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Failure
Green Belt

Additional information

Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Cherwell
  • 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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

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© 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.

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Source: Cherwell

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