48 Castle Quay Banbury OX16 5UW

26/00706/FFull DevelopmentApproved

Full

Approved on 5 June 2026

Council decision: PermittedPlanning committee3 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of Use from retail unit to a youth cultural arts space working with young people

Received: 16 March 2026
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Cherwell District Council
Ward: Banbury Cross And Neithrop

ReceivedReceived16 Mar
ValidatedValidated16 Mar
Consult.Consultation8 May
TargetTarget Date11 May
DecidedDecided5 Jun

Decided in 81 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 48 Castle Quay Banbury OX16 5UW. Cherwell has handled 4,283 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 3 weeks longer than Cherwell's typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 113 applications across Banbury Cross And Neithrop. We hold 1,041 applications in total for the OX16 postcode area.

92% of full 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: OX16 5UW
Application type: Full Development
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Banbury

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 March 2026
Last date for comments: 8 May 2026
Target decision date: 11 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Cherwell

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