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Witney Hotel 7 Church Green Witney Oxfordshire OX28 4AZ

20/03531/FULFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 19 May 2021

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Change of use from hotel (C1) to part HMO and part short term holiday let

Received
21 December 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Witney South
Agent
Oxford Architectural Design Ltd
  1. Received21 Dec
  2. Validated21 Dec
  3. Consult.18 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 May

Decided in 149 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Witney Hotel 7 Church Green Witney Oxfordshire OX28 4AZ. West Oxfordshire has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 149 days, 14 weeks longer than West Oxfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Witney and Cogges conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Witney South. 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 4AZ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Witney

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 December 2020
Last date for comments
18 February 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Oxford Architectural Design Ltd
Architect profile
OXFORD ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
Aelfric Court 2 Oxford Road Eynsham OX29 4HG

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09360731
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Witney And Cogges Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Witney HotelOn this site · +3 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: West Oxfordshire

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