The Mole Inn, Toot Baldon, OX44 9NG
Proposal
Change of use of redundant grain store to bed and breakfast rooms for the adjacent public house.
- Received
- 20 December 2022
- Decided
- 8 February 2023 · Prior Approval Agreed
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- ReceivedReceived20 Dec
- ValidatedValidated20 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date14 Feb
- DecidedDecided8 Feb
Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)
This is an outline application for a change of use at The Mole Inn, Toot Baldon, OX44 9NG. South Oxfordshire has handled 540 applications of this type and approves 82% of them, typically deciding them in 54 days. This one was decided in 50 days, 4 days quicker than South Oxfordshire's median. The site is in the Toot Baldon conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 971 applications in total for the OX44 postcode area.
Application Details
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Publicity
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Additional Information
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202329 Aug
Demolition of existing building and erection of replacement building to provide B&B accommodation to be used…
ApprovedMinor (Full Application)P23/S2889/FUL - 20042 Jul
Erection of Four non-illuminated signs.
WithdrawnAdvertisement consentP04/W0777/RAD - 20042 Jul
New Illuminated signage to replace previous illuminated signage.
WithdrawnOther (Retro. Listed Build.)P04/W0796/RLB
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Toot Baldon Conservation Area
- Green belt: South Oxfordshire
- 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 (20)
flood storage 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.
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© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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