Planning application
Bed And Breakfast The Shepherds Hall Witney Road Freeland Witney Oxfordshire OX28 8HQ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
External alteration and sub-division of existing Guest House (C1) into a seven-bedroom Guest House (C1) and a two-bedroom dwelling (C3). Erection of a single storey timber building ancillary to Guest House.
As published by the council, reference 26/00904/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00904/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approve
- Received
- 10 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 29 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 10 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Freeland and Hanborough
- Parish
- Freeland
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- OX28 8HQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Apr 2026
Received by West Oxfordshire
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29 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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10 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Approve
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30 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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26/02213/CND Awaiting decision
Bed And Breakfast The Shepherds Hall Witney Road Freeland Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8HQ
Discharge of conditions 4 and 5 (Bat roosting features) 7 (surface water drainage) and 11 (schedule of materials) of permission 26/00904/FUL
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
33 documents on file for this application
- APPROVAL - FULL APPLICATION
- OFFICER REPORT
- HIGHWAYS
- ECOLOGY
- HANBOROUGH PARISH COUNCIL
- ENV HEALTH CONTAMINATION
- WODC DRAINAGE
- BNG METRIC
- LOG CABIN FLOORPLAN
- LOG CABIN ELEVATION WEST
- LOG CABIN ELEVATION SOUTH
- LOG CABIN ELEVATION NORTH
- LOG CABIN ELEVATION EAST
- SITE (PR)
- GND (PR)
- 1ST (PR)
- ELEV 1 (PR)
- ELEV 2 (PR)
- SITE (EX)
- 1ST (EX)
- ELEV 1 (EX)
- ELEV 2 (EX)
- SECT (EX)
- CARBON REDUCTION RECOMMENDATIONS REPORT FOR SENATEL VALLEY
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT_SHEPHERDS HALL
- SITE LOCATION (PR)
- SITE AND LOCATION (EX)
- GND (EX)
- WODC-BIODIVERSITY-SELF-ASSESSMENT-FORM-V3-21_SHEPHERDS_HALL
- SUSTAINABILITY-STATEMENT-SHEPHERDS-HALL
- FORM_1_CIL_ADDITIONAL_INFORMATION_SHEPHERDS_HALL_COMPLETED
- BIODIVERSITYCALCULATORMAP
- BIODIVERSITY-NET-GAIN-STATEMENT-FORM_SHEPHERDS_HALL
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West Oxfordshire granted permission on 10 July 2026, 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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