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Lys Mill Farm Buildings, Howe Road, near Watlington, OX49 5EP

P22/S3607/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 4 November 2024

Council decision: Planning Permission is Granted

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed change of use and alterations to 4 x existing barns within farmyard area to facilitate new use as equestrian centre including the provision of stabling, storage, office/administrative, recreational and staff accommodation. Provision of a horse walker following removal of part of an existing barn. Provision of car parking, horse box parking and secure cycle storage within and adjacent to farmyard area. Siting of 6 x shepherd's huts and associated change of use of existing woodland to provide overnight visitor accommodation. Change of use of surrounding agricultural land for equestrian purposes including the creation of 4 x horse paddocks, creation of an external manege with associated earthworks and an infiltration pond in existing fields, together with extensive new woodland, hedgerow and other planting across the site. (As amended and amplified by information received 10 September 2023 and 11 January and 26 July 2024).

Submitted
4 October 2022
  1. Received4 Oct
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Nov

Decided in 762 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Lys Mill Farm Buildings, Howe Road, near Watlington, OX49 5EP. South Oxfordshire has handled 227 applications of this type. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 710 applications in total for the OX49 postcode area.

93% of full applications at South Oxfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
OX49 5EP
Application type
Full Application

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Chilterns
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

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.

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