The Old Rectory Church Road Church Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8AB
Approved on 12 May 2026
Council decision: Approve6 conditions
Proposal
Removal of exisitng outbuildings. Construction of two storey outbuilding comprising gym and studio with study and office above and attached potting shed and erection of detached stable building together with associated hard and soft landscaping.
- Received
- 5 March 2026
- Ward
- Freeland and Hanborough
- Agent
- Axiom Planning
- ReceivedReceived5 Mar
- ValidatedValidated17 Mar
- Consult.Consultation8 Apr
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided12 May
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at The Old Rectory Church Road Church Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8AB. West Oxfordshire has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than West Oxfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Church Hanborough conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Freeland and Hanborough. We hold 2,026 applications in total for the OX29 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
- OX29 8AB
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hanborough
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 8 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 16 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Axiom Planning
- Agent address
- Avebury House 6 St Peter Street Winchester SO23 8BN
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14737367
- Documents
- 26
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Church Hanborough Conservation Area
- Listed building: Grade II: Chest Tomb and Railed Enclosure Approximately 10 Metres West of Church of St Peter and St…On or next to this site · +5 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
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.
Source: West Oxfordshire
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- Axiom Planning Limited · Agent for this application
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