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Minnis Farm Woodstock Road Yarnton OX5 1PQ

26/00267/CLUECertificate of Lawful Use ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 8 May 2026

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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 Development for creation of a pond

Received
30 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kidlington West
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.19 Apr
  4. Target8 May
  5. Decided8 May

Decided in 74 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Minnis Farm Woodstock Road Yarnton OX5 1PQ. Cherwell has handled 299 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 5 weeks longer than Cherwell's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Kidlington West. We hold 1,586 applications in total for the OX5 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
OX5 1PQ
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Yarnton

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2026
Last date for comments
19 April 2026
Target decision date
8 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mayfield House 256 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 7DE

Planning decision

Statutory period
74 days

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: Cherwell

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

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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