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Rectory Farmhouse Back Lane Epwell Oxfordshire OX15 6LG

26/00177/CLUECertificate of Lawful Use ExistingAwaiting decision
Lawful development certificate
Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use for land within the red line to be used as amenity land

Received
23 January 2026
Decision due
20 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cropredy, Sibfords And Wroxton
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.4 Mar
  4. Target20 Mar
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Rectory Farmhouse Back Lane Epwell Oxfordshire OX15 6LG. Cherwell has handled 299 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 219 applications across Cropredy, Sibfords And Wroxton. We hold 2,719 applications in total for the OX15 postcode area.

87% of amendment 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
OX15 6LG
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Epwell

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2026
Last date for comments
4 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Jude Beckett Oriel House 42 NorthBar Banbury OX16 0TH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
  • 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, 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, 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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