Planning application
The Owls Nest 4 Market Square Lower Heyford Oxfordshire OX25 5NY
Works: Windows or glazing
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Replacement front door and windows (the four existing windows are to be replaced by five smaller flush casement windows.
As published by the council, reference 25/02304/LB
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02304/LB
- Type
- Listed Building
- Status
- Application Permitted
- Decision
- Permitted
- Received
- 8 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 11 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 5 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Fringford And Heyfords
- Parish
- Lower Heyford
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- OX25 5NY
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cherwell register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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25/02307/F Granted
The Owls Nest 4 Market Square Lower Heyford Oxfordshire OX25 5NY
Replacement front door and windows (the four existing windows are to be replaced by five smaller flush casement windows).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Sep 2025
Received by Cherwell
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11 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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5 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Permitted
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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26/00782/DISC Granted
The Owls Nest 4 Market Square Lower Heyford Bicester OX25 5NY
Discharge of condition 3 (ironmongery to the doors and windows) of 25/02304/LB
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
21 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Cherwell granted permission on 5 February 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About heritage and listed building applications
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