Bell Hotel Church Street Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3PP

26/01078/LBCListed Building ConsentRefused

Refused on 30 July 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

The erection of a front railing and gate, and associated works

Received: 1 May 2026
Council: West Oxfordshire District Council
Ward: Charlbury and Finstock
Agent: Edgars Limited

ReceivedReceived1 May
ValidatedValidated20 May
Consult.Consultation11 Jun
TargetTarget Date30 Jul
DecidedDecided30 Jul

Decided in 71 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Bell Hotel Church Street Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3PP. West Oxfordshire has handled 986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 3 weeks longer than West Oxfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Charlbury conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 61 applications across Charlbury and Finstock. We hold 2,724 applications in total for the OX7 postcode area.

97% of heritage 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

The proposed railings and gate would result in the enclosure of a historically open area which forms part of the former market space fronting The Bell Hotel. The development would cause less than substantial harm to the significance and setting of The Bell Hotel through the loss of the historic open relationship between this heritage asset and the former market square. The identified heritage harm is not outweighed by any public benefits. The proposal is therefore contrary to Section 16(2) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, Policies OS4, EH9 and EH11 of the West Oxfordshire Local Plan 2031, the relevant provisions of the National Planning Policy Framework, the Charlbury Neighbourhood Plan and the West Oxfordshire Design Guide 2016.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode: OX7 3PP
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Charlbury

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 May 2026
Consultation end: 11 June 2026
Last date for comments: 18 June 2026
Target decision date: 30 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Edgars Limited
Agent address: The Old Bank 39 Market Square Witney Oxon OX28 6AD

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14822793
Documents: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Charlbury Conservation Area
Listed building: Grade II: Bell HotelOn or next to this site · +3 more
National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
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 (20)

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, 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.

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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.

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.

Associated applications

2026
20 May
The erection of a front railing and gate, and associated works.
PendingApplicationFiled alongside26/01077/FUL
2026
20 May
The erection of a front railing and gate, and associated works
This applicationRefusedListed building consent26/01078/LBC

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5 other applications at this property, newest first.

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