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Chimney Farm Barns Chimney Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2EH

20/03010/FULFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 16 April 2021

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of land from ancillary space for holiday cottages to residential gardens

Received
3 November 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Standlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt
Agent
Ridge and Partners LLP
  1. Received3 Nov
  2. Validated3 Nov
  3. Consult.24 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 164 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Chimney Farm Barns Chimney Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2EH. West Oxfordshire has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 164 days, 16 weeks longer than West Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Standlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt. We hold 999 applications in total for the OX18 postcode area.

95% of full applications at West Oxfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
OX18 2EH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Aston, Cote, Shifford And Chimney

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 November 2020
Last date for comments
24 December 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ridge and Partners LLP
Agent address
Regent House 65 Rodney Road Cheltenham GL50 1HX

Appeal

Appeal reference
21/00016/APPEAL
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3275849
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 12 November 2021Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09187274
Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    22 May

    Variation of condition 2 of planning permission 19/03222/FUL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)24/01180/S73
  2. 2022
    31 Aug

    Discharge of conditions 5 (roof sample) 6 (sample cladding) 7 (details of all external windows and doors) 10…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions22/02416/CND
  3. 2019
    24 Dec

    Building operations and introduction of windows and door openings to facilitate the residential use of the…

    ApprovedFull Application19/03222/FUL
  4. 2019
    25 Sep

    Certificate of Lawfulness (to allow use of land as part of the domestic curtilage of the barns).

    RefusedCertificate Existing Lawful Use/Dev19/02683/CLE
  5. 2019
    22 Jul

    Building operations and introduction of windows and door openings to facilitate the residential use of the…

    RefusedFull Application19/01878/FUL
  6. 2019
    11 Apr

    Change of use from B8 storage building to residential dwelling.

    ApprovedPrior Notification 56 Days19/01114/PN56

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