Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, CV35 9EU *outside of area*
Approved on 21 January 2026
Council decision: No ObservationsDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Hybrid Planning application comprising: (1) Full Planning Application incorporating: i) removal of existing runways; ii) construction of a single new runway and associated taxiways; and iii) construction of a covered viewing area for the refurbished and enhanced airfield café; (2) Outline Planning Application (all matters reserved) for: (a) the remainder of the airfield-related development incorporating: i) up to 3,000 sq.m of new aircraft hangarage; ii) up to 1,000 sq.m of new tenant modular buildings; iii) up to 1.67 ha of hardstanding of grasscrete or similar aircraft parking; iv) up to 3.43 ha of grass aircraft parking; v) enhanced airfield drainage; vi) installation of roof-mounted photovoltaics on existing airfield buildings; vii) installation of electric charging infrastructure and charging unit(s) to provide aircraft charging; viii) removal and replacement of two existing single storey modular buildings (581 sq.m); and ix) associated works; (b) for the creation of up to 2,300 sq.m of research and development flight industrial floorspace (Use Class E(g) (ii f iii)) and associated works (access, earthworks, strategic landscaping and other infrastructure); (c) for a phased employment development of up to 165,000 sq.m of general industrial (Use Class B2), storage or distribution (Use Class B8), and light industrial (Use Class E(g)(iii)) floors pace and ancillary office accommodation, and associated works (access, drainage, earthworks, strategic landscaping and other infrastructure).
- Received
- 24 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cherwell District Council
- Ward
- Cropredy, Sibfords And Wroxton
- ReceivedReceived24 Dec
- ValidatedValidated24 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date22 Jan
- DecidedDecided21 Jan
Decided in 28 days
About this application
This is a planning application at Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, CV35 9EU *outside of area*. Cherwell has handled 10,279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 5 weeks quicker than Cherwell's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 218 applications across Cropredy, Sibfords And Wroxton. We hold 1,500 applications in total for the CV35 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- CV35 9EU
- Application type
- Adjacent Authority
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 22 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Elizabeth House Church Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6HX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 29 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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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