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The Paddocks Shuckburgh Road Napton-on-the-Hill

23/03455/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 4 December 2024

Council decision: Refusal of Planning Permission2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Erection of building 4 comprising storage units and associated yard area (retrospective).

Received
22 December 2023
Ward
Bishops Itchington, Fenny Comp & Napton
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.10 May
  4. Target22 Mar
  5. Decided4 Dec

Decided in 348 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Paddocks Shuckburgh Road Napton-on-the-Hill. Stratford on Avon has handled 2,465 applications of this type. This one was decided in 348 days, 43 weeks longer than Stratford on Avon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Bishops Itchington, Fenny Comp & Napton.

85% of full applications at Stratford-on-Avon District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The principle of this proposed development is unacceptable. Policies AS.10 and CS.22 of the Core Strategy support the development of commercial development in the countryside in particular circumstances however none of these apply in the instance. This scheme is found to be discordant, results in an unsustainable form of development and fails to be compliant with the above policies of the Development Plan. This proposal is therefore considered to be unacceptable and fails to comply with the principles of Policies CS.15, CS.22 and AS.10 of the Core Strategy and NDP Policies 4 and 10 in this specific regard.
  2. The Local Planning Authority considers the unjustified expansion of the commercial enterprise into the open countryside, will have a severe detrimental impact on the surrounding landscape, especially in consideration of the Ironstone Hill Fringe Special Landscape Area. The proposed development would be an unnatural encroachment into the open countryside and results in an urbanising effect. The cumulative impact of the development proposals have an unacceptable impact on the quality of the landscape. Therefore, the development would represent a significant detrimental effect on the natural, open rural landscape surrounding the site. Case Officer: Stuart Flaherty Reference No. 23/03455/FUL The sprawling nature of this development has led to a further encroachment into open countryside. The proliferation of built form and commercial development, over and above what has historically been approved on this site, leads to a harmful development in an area of high landscape quality. The application is therefore contrary to the provisions of Policies CS.5, CS.9, CS.12 and AS.10 of the District's Core Strategy (2011-2031) and NDP Policies 4, 9 and 10.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Napton-on-the-Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2023
Consultation expiry
10 May 2024
Consultation start
24 April 2024
Consultation end
10 May 2024
Neighbour consultation start
26 January 2024
Neighbour consultation end
16 February 2024
Target decision date
22 March 2024
Application expires
10 May 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Oriel House 42 North Bar Street Banbury OX16 0TH

Planning decision

Statutory period
140 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 February 2024
Advertisement expiry
22 February 2024
Site notice start
8 February 2024
Site notice end
2 March 2024

Appeal history

3365938
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 9 September 2025Dev Type: Minor general industry/storage/warehousingReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
30

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    22 Dec

    Erection of building 4 comprising storage units and associated yard area (retrospective).

    This applicationRefusedFull23/03455/FUL
  2. 2023
    22 Dec

    Erection of buildings 6 and 7 comprising storage units and associated yard area (retrospective).

    RefusedFull ApplicationFiled alongside23/03456/FUL

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