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Bury Court Farm Shotteswell Banbury OX17 1JA

26/00034/COURChange of Use Ag Build to CommercialRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 3 July 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Refused1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use of an agricultural building to Use Class E

Received
7 January 2026
Ward
Bishops Itchington, Fenny Comp & Napton
  1. Received7 Jan
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.19 Jun
  4. Target3 Jul
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 177 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Bury Court Farm Shotteswell Banbury OX17 1JA. Stratford on Avon has handled 607 applications of this type. This one was decided in 177 days, 18 weeks longer than Stratford on Avon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Bishops Itchington, Fenny Comp & Napton. We hold 2,187 applications in total for the OX17 postcode area.

83% of amendment 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 proposal is considered to not accord with Part 3, Class R of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the change of use of an agricultural building to a use falling within Class E - (padel court). The proposed change of use would have an unacceptable impact on transport and highways impacts of the development through posing a hazard to highway and pedestrian safety both within the site and on the immediately surrounding public highway network, most notably on Church Lane. As such the proposed change of use would be contrary to R.3 (1) (b)(i). AUTHORISED OFFICER OF THE COUNCIL..................................................................... Case Officer: Ian Guffick Reference No. 26/00034/COUR This development may generate a CIL Liability, if this is the case, you will be notified under a CIL Liability Notice. Further details can be found under Stratford-on-Avon District Council: E-Planning by searching under the application reference on this Decision. STRATFORD-ON-AVON DISTRICT COUNCIL ELIZABETH HOUSE, CHURCH STREET, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON CV37 6HX Reference No.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
OX17 1JA
Application type
Change of Use Ag Build to Commercial
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shotteswell

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2026
Consultation expiry
11 February 2026
Consultation start
21 January 2026
Consultation end
19 June 2026
Target decision date
3 July 2026
Application expires
11 February 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Ian Guffick
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
28

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.

Source: Stratford on Avon

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