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73 High Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6JA

20/01766/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 11 June 2021

Council decision: ApprovePlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of storage area to two new dwellings. Alterations to include reduction of retail space and erection of external metal staircase to provide access to the two existing flats above (amended plans).

Received
17 August 2020
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Witney Central
Agent
Alder Consultancy Ltd
  1. Received17 Aug
  2. Validated17 Aug
  3. Consult.16 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Jun

Decided in 298 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 73 High Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6JA. West Oxfordshire has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 298 days, 36 weeks longer than West Oxfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Leigh Cliff conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Witney Central. We hold 1,460 applications in total for the OX28 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
OX28 6JA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Witney

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 August 2020
Last date for comments
16 December 2020
Committee meeting
24 May 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Alder Consultancy Ltd
Agent address
Unit 6 Manor Farm Manor Road Wantage OX12 8NE

Appeal history

3265578
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 30 November 2021Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08815282
Documents
60

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Witney And Cogges Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: 71, High StreetOn or next to this site · +1 more

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

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

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  1. 2022
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    Discharge of condition 4 (full surface water drainage scheme) of planning permission 20/01766/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions22/03464/CND
  2. 2022
    26 Oct

    Removal of condition 4 of permission 20/01766/FUL

    WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)22/02976/S73
  3. 2020
    17 Aug

    Conversion of storage area to two new dwellings. Alterations to include reduction of retail space and…

    This applicationApprovedFull20/01766/FUL

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