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Kiln Farm Manor Road Sulgrave OX17 2SE

2025/4635/S73Removal/Variation of Condition(s) Following Grant of Planning PermissionRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 4 August 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) and 21 (demolition) to reduce size of East house and retain part of existing store of planning permission 2024/2136/FULL (Phased development consisting of removal of existing buildings, erection of 2 no self-build dwellinghouses with associated outbuildings, parking and landscaping of site)

Received
20 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural South Ward
  1. Received20 Oct
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.11 Dec
  4. Target15 Dec
  5. Decided4 Aug

Decided in 288 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Kiln Farm Manor Road Sulgrave OX17 2SE. West Northamptonshire has handled 2,332 applications of this type. This one was decided in 288 days, 31 weeks longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Sulgrave conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 223 applications across Rural South Ward. We hold 2,187 applications in total for the OX17 postcode area.

97% of conditions applications at West Northamptonshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed variation would fundamentally alter key elements of the approved scheme which were integral to its acceptability and fails to respond positively to local character and heritage context. Consequently, the proposal would erode the character and design quality of the approved development and cause harm to the character and appearance of the site and its surroundings, including the setting and significance of nearby heritage assets. The harm caused to the heritage assets would be less than substantial harm. The resulting harm is not outweighed by any public benefits, and the proposal is therefore contrary to Policies S10 and BN5 of the West Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy, Policies SS2, HE5 and HE6 of the South Northamptonshire Part 2 Local Plan, the South Northamptonshire Design Guide and Paragraph 140 of the National Planning Policy Framework, which requires design quality to not be diminished between the grant of planning permission and completion as a result of changes being made. Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 and paragraph 39 of the National Planning Policy Framework In accordance with the above, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL has worked with the applicant in a

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
OX17 2SE
Application type
Removal/Variation of Condition(s) Following Grant of Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sulgrave

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 October 2025
Last date for comments
11 December 2025
Target decision date
15 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Clare Nash Architecture 3 Towrise Sulgrave Banbury OX172SB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Sulgrave
  • Listed building: Grade II: Manor CottageOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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: West Northamptonshire

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