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Mount Farm Batchelors Lane Ratley Banbury OX15 6DW

26/00110/COURChange of Use Ag Build to CommercialRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 12 June 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Refused1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Prior approval for change of use of an agricultural building to a flexible storage and commercial use under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class R of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 [as amended]

Received
6 January 2026
Ward
Tysoe
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.20 Mar
  4. Target12 May
  5. Decided12 Jun

Decided in 105 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Mount Farm Batchelors Lane Ratley Banbury OX15 6DW. Stratford on Avon has handled 607 applications of this type. This one was decided in 157 days, 15 weeks longer than Stratford on Avon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across Tysoe. We hold 2,719 applications in total for the OX15 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 application does not demonstrate that the site will be able to accommodate the largest vehicles likely to visit the premises, allowing them to both enter and exit in a forward gear. As such, it has not been established that the development will provide safe access for all users, nor maintain highway safety, having due regard to paragraphs 115-116 of the National Planning Policy Framework (December 2024).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
OX15 6DW
Application type
Change of Use Ag Build to Commercial
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ratley & Upton

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2026
Consultation expiry
20 March 2026
Consultation start
17 February 2026
Consultation end
20 March 2026
Target decision date
12 May 2026
Application expires
20 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Upper Souldern Grounds Somerton Bicester OX17 3JL

Planning decision

Case officer
Paul Thompson
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 February 2026
Site notice end
20 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
  • 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 (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.

Source: Stratford on Avon

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