Planning application
8 Market Square Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6BB
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of the ground floor from Sui Generis (wine/cocktail bar/public house) to Class E (retail).
As published by the council, reference 26/01861/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01861/FUL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approve
- Received
- 3 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 10 Aug 2026
- Decided
- 29 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Witney South
- Parish
- Witney
- Postcode
- OX28 6BB
Site history
Applications at this address on the West Oxfordshire register
This site has had 5 applications since 2022: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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26/02031/LBC Decided
8 Market Square Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6BB
Internal and external alterations to replace shop front along with internal alterations to change ground floor layout
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26/02030/FUL Decided
8 Market Square Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6BB
Alterations to shop front and associated works
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23/00237/S73 Granted
8 Market Square Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6BB
Variation of condition 3 of permission 22/02411/FUL in order to extend the opening hours restrictions
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22/02411/FUL Granted
8 Market Square Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6BB
Change of Use of ground floor from retail to a wine/cocktail bar/public house.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Aug 2026
Received by West Oxfordshire
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10 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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29 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Approve
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29 Sep 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Under consideration.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
- ENV. HEALTH NOISE & AMENITY
- WITNEY TOWN COUNCIL
- SITE LOCATION & BLOCK PLAN
- FLOOR PLAN & ELEVATIONS
- WODC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- HERITAGE STATEMENT
- DESIGN STATEMENT
- SUPPORTING STATEMENT
- SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT
- BIODIVERSITY STATEMENT
- BIODIVERSITY SELF-ASSESSMENT
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
West Oxfordshire granted permission on 29 September 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.
About full applications
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