Planning application
The Straw Barn Station Road Cropredy Oxfordshire OX17 1PX
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of Use from workshop/office (Use Class E) to single dwelling (Use Class C3)
As published by the council, reference 26/00040/MA56
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00040/MA56
- Type
- Class E Commercial to Residential
- Status
- Prior Approval Granted
- Decision
- Prior Approval Granted
- Received
- 8 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 8 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 3 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Cropredy, Sibfords And Wroxton
- Parish
- Cropredy
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- OX17 1PX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Jan 2026
Received by Cherwell
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3 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Granted
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11 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
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Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
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