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178 Manor Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 3ST

26/00470/HHDHouseholder ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 17 April 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of single storey front extension.

Received
6 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Witney East
Agent
STEVE APPLETON ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
  1. Received6 Mar
  2. Validated6 Mar
  3. Consult.2 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Apr

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a front extension at 178 Manor Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 3ST. West Oxfordshire has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than West Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Witney East. 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed front extension of the property, by reason of its scale, massing and design, fails to respect the existing character and appearance of the host dwelling and as such will appear as an incongruous addition, to the detriment of the visual character and appearance of the area. As such, the proposal is considered contrary to policies with Policies OS2, OS4 and H6 of the West Oxfordshire Local Plan 2031, the relevant paragraphs of the NPPF and the West Oxfordshire Design Guide 2016.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
OX28 3ST
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Witney

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 March 2026
Last date for comments
2 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
STEVE APPLETON ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
Agent address
63 Eton Close Witney Oxon OX28 3GB

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14722547
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    6 May

    Erection of single storey front extension.

    ApprovedHouseholder26/01091/HHD

Source: West Oxfordshire

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