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Land To The Rear Of Mole End Main Street Great Bourton

26/00351/PIPPermission in PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 14 May 2026

Council decision: Appeal Dismissed (Against Refusal)Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Permission in principle - development of between 8 no and 9 no residential dwellings

Received
10 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cropredy, Sibfords And Wroxton
  1. Received10 Feb
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target23 Mar
  5. Decided14 May

Decided in 87 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land To The Rear Of Mole End Main Street Great Bourton. Cherwell has handled 549 applications of this type. This one was decided in 93 days, 4 weeks longer than Cherwell's typical decision time. The site is in 2 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 2,184 applications in total for the OX17 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development, by reason of its low density, represents an inefficient use of land and fails to achieve the potential development capacity of the site contrary to Policy BSC 2 of the Cherwell Local Plan 2011-2031 or provide affordable housing and other planning obligations which may be reasonably necessary for a site of this size and is thus contrary to Policies BSC3 and INF1 of the Cherwell Local Plan 2011-2031 and government guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework. In accordance with the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) and paragraph 39 of the National Planning Policy Framework, Cherwell Council has given consideration to whether amendments or additional information would overcome its concerns with the application, but unfortunately it has concluded that it would not be possible to resolve those concerns within the scope and timescales of this application. Cherwell Council has resolved that the application proposals do not amount to sustainable development and consent must accordingly be refused. The case officer’s report and recommendation in respect of this application provides a detailed assessment of the merits of the application when considered against current planning policy and guidance, including consideration of the issues raised by the comments received from consultees and members of the public.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
OX17 1QP
Application type
Permission in Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bourton

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 February 2026
Last date for comments
25 March 2026
Target decision date
23 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mole End Main Street Great Bourton Banbury OX17 1QU

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Appeal history

6010340
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 10 August 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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, 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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