Planning application
Great Tew Ironstone Quarry Banbury Road Great Tew Oxfordshire
Works: Extension
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Western extension to quarry to allow continuity of extraction and export of brown ironstone and clay, with restoration to woodland, grasslands, parkland, mixed scrub, wetland and agriculture and removal of restriction on clay export during the harvest period (1st August - 31st October)
As published by the council, reference 25/02123/CM
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02123/CM
- Type
- County Matters
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Raise no objection
- Received
- 1 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 1 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 15 Sep 2025
- Ward
- Kingham, Rollright and Enstone
- Parish
- Great Tew
- Decision by
- Oxfordshire County Council
Site history
Applications at this address on the West Oxfordshire register
This site has had 5 applications since 2021: 4 approved, 0 refused.
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24/01100/CM Granted
Great Tew Ironstone Quarry Banbury Road Great Tew Oxfordshire
Details pursuant to Condition 9 (Location of processing plant) of planning permission no. (MW.0145/21) at Great Tew Ironstone Quarry, Butchers Hill, Great Tew, Chipping Norton, OX7 4BT
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24/01043/CM Granted
Great Tew Ironstone Quarry Banbury Road Great Tew Oxfordshire
Planning application by Oxfordshire Quarry Group for planning permission: A full planning application for a recycling facility and associated plant, the importation and infilling of inert waste, ready mix concrete plant, masonry cutting shed, office building, weighbridges, car parking, temporary bunding (partly retrospective) and associated infrastructure. MW.0006/23
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23/00217/CM Granted
Great Tew Ironstone Quarry Banbury Road Great Tew Oxfordshire
Variation of conditions 1 (approved drawings), condition 29 (restoration) and condition 30 (restoration) of planning permission MW.0145/21 (WODC ref: 21/04037/CM) in order to revise the working phasing of the quarry and restoration scheme.
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21/04037/CM Decided
Great Tew Ironstone Quarry Banbury Road Great Tew Oxfordshire
Variation of conditions 1 (approved drawing), 4 (working hours) and 12 (noise levels) of planning permission MW.0085/18 (WODC ref: 18/02096/CM) to allow unrestricted hours of operation of wire saws, regularisation of scale and appearance of stone processing shed and revision of the location of the retained feature for geological interest.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Sep 2025
Received by West Oxfordshire
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15 Sep 2025
Decision issued: Raise no objection
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
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West Oxfordshire granted permission on 15 September 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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