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Hatch End Industrial Estate Fir Lane Middle Aston OX25 5QL

26/01751/FFull DevelopmentRefused
Full

Refused on 1 September 2026

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

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

Proposal

Variation of Condition 2 of 26/00538/F - Condition 2 to be re-worded to allow a more open Class E Use

Received
7 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Deddington
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.19 Aug
  4. Target1 Sep
  5. Decided1 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Hatch End Industrial Estate Fir Lane Middle Aston OX25 5QL. Cherwell has handled 4,283 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days quicker than Cherwell's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 238 applications across Deddington. We hold 1,244 applications in total for the OX25 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed introduction of town centre uses in a rural location outside of any town or village would result in unsustainable development that would detrimentally affect the vitality and viability of the town and village centres in Cherwell and would not be sustainable development. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies ESD1, SLE1, SLE2 and SLE4 of the Cherwell Local Plan 2011- 2031 and the National Planning Policy Framework. In accordance with the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) and policy DM3 of the National Planning Policy Framework, Cherwell District 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 District 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
OX25 5QL
Application type
Full Development
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Middle Aston

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2026
Last date for comments
19 August 2026
Target decision date
1 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
JPPC Chartered Town Planners Bagley Croft Hinksey Hill Oxford OX1 5BD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8

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.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    7 Jul

    Variation of Condition 2 of 26/00538/F

    This applicationRefusedVariation of conditions (s73)26/01751/F
  2. 2026
    2 Mar

    Change of use of building from Class B2 to Class E

    ApprovedFull DevelopmentPart of26/00538/F

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