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The Frances Hay Centre Blacklocks Hill Overthorpe OX17 2BS

2026/0170/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 30 April 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)11 conditions

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing bungalow and construction of new puppy training centre

Received
2 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Middleton Cheney
  1. Received2 Jan
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.18 Mar
  4. Target6 Apr
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 80 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Frances Hay Centre Blacklocks Hill Overthorpe OX17 2BS. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 118 days, 7 weeks longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 155 applications across Middleton Cheney. We hold 2,187 applications in total for the OX17 postcode area.

89% of full applications at West Northamptonshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
OX17 2BS
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Overthorpe

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2026
Last date for comments
18 March 2026
Target decision date
6 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Matt Cartwright Unit 9a Thorpe Way Overthorpe Road Industrial Estate Banbury OX16 4SP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
16

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    20 Oct

    Discharge of Condition 8 [Restricted Lighting [Bats] of Planning Permission 2026/0170/FULL

    PendingDischarge of conditions2026/4532/COND
  2. 2026
    2 Jan

    Demolition of existing bungalow and construction of new puppy training centre

    This applicationApprovedFull2026/0170/FULL

Source: West Northamptonshire

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