The site is located in Chimney, a small hamlet set close to the northern banks of the River Thames. Located approximately 2.3 km to the southeast of Aston,  and 10 km
to the south of Witney, the site is located in the open countryside.

The application building is set within a group of buildings which were formally associated with the Chimney Farm, however, all farming activity has now ceased.

The application site is not subject to any heritage, landscape or ecological designation, however is located in Flood Zone 2.

A well-considered strategy was required to meet the requirements of the client.  In the first instance, confirmation was needed to ascertain that the approved conversion was still extant and secondly, permission was required to reduce the size of the permitted scheme.

MEP prepared and submitted an application for a certificate of lawfulness confirming the building operations had been carried out.  A robust case was prepared by MEP, evidencing that building operations attached to Chimney Farm barns had been initiated and complied with, was provided in support of this application.

Once this Certificate of Lawfulness had been obtained, MEP submitted a S73 application, facilitating the reduction in the size of the barn through the demolition of part of the building.

The Certificate of Lawfulness was approved in March 2024.

The S73 Application for the reduction in the size of the conversion, was approved in August 2024.

Credit image Weaver Khan Architects