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Welcome Evangelical Church High Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6HL

23/03056/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 11 September 2024

Council decision: RefusePlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Alterations and extensions to church building (amended plans)

Received
15 January 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Witney Central
Agent
Freeman Architecture Ltd
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.11 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 240 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Welcome Evangelical Church High Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6HL. West Oxfordshire has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 240 days, 27 weeks longer than West Oxfordshire's typical decision time. 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 6HL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Witney

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2024
Last date for comments
11 June 2024
Committee meeting
9 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Freeman Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
FREEMAN ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
321 Manor Road Witney OX28 3UQ

Appeal

Appeal reference
24/00044/APPEAL
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3355318
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 27 March 2025Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12507207
Documents
65

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    15 Jan

    Alterations and extensions to church building (amended plans)

    This applicationRefusedFull23/03056/FUL
  2. 2024
    15 Jan

    Erection of 2 non-illuminated site board and internally illuminated facia signage (amended plans and…

    WithdrawnAdvertisement consentFiled alongside23/03242/ADV

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