Planning appeal decision
Oxhay Farm, Oxhey Hill, Cropready, Oxfordshire, OX17 1DR
Planning appeal 6003870 at Oxhay Farm, Oxhey Hill, Cropready, Oxfordshire, OX17 1DR (Cherwell District Council) was allowed on 28 April 2026 by Inspector Bromley N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development constitutes permitted development under Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) and whether prior approval is deemed to be granted by virtue of the Council's failure to determine the application within the statutory 56-day period.
conversion of agricultural building to form 2 semi-detached dwellings at Oxhay Farm
- Authority
- Cherwell District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Bromley N
- Postcode
- OX17 1DR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development constitutes permitted development under Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) and whether prior approval is deemed to be granted by virtue of the Council's failure to determine the application within the statutory 56-day period
What decided it
The Council's failure to determine the prior approval application within the statutory 56-day period means that prior approval is deemed to be granted under the GPDO.
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