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The Fire Sprite Pub And Grill Burford Road Minster Lovell Witney Oxfordshire OX29 0RZ

26/02025/FULFullRefused

Refused on 15 October 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of timber cladding to parts of front elevation (retrospective)

Received
20 August 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 4 November 2026
Ward
Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield
  1. Received20 Aug
  2. Validated21 Aug
  3. Consult.17 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Fire Sprite Pub And Grill Burford Road Minster Lovell Witney Oxfordshire OX29 0RZ. West Oxfordshire has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than West Oxfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield. We hold 2,027 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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Why it was refused

  1. The development, by reason of its design and materials, has introduced external treated timber cladding to the building's principal elevation which fails to preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the building as well as the street scene and wider Cotswolds National Landscape. The development is therefore contrary to Policies OS2, OS4 and EH1 of the West Oxfordshire Local Plan 2031, the West Oxfordshire Design Guide and the relevant provisions of the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
OX29 0RZ
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Minster Lovell

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 August 2026
Consultation end
17 September 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
George Matthews

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    21 Aug

    Erection of timber cladding to parts of front elevation (retrospective)

    This applicationRefusedFull26/02025/FUL
  2. 2026
    21 Aug

    Erection of new signage graphics to existing externally lit sign structure (retrospective)

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongside26/02037/ADV

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