8 Market Square Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6BB Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use of the ground floor from Sui Generis (wine/cocktail bar/public house) to Class E (retail). Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 29 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 29 Sept 2026
Documents 13
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 7
Application forms 2
Site constraints 6
Show the other 30 with distances
- 11 mHillsideGrade II
- 15 m12, Market SquareGrade II
- 22 m14, Market SquareGrade II
- 25 mPost OfficeGrade II
- 36 mBatt HouseGrade II*
- 43 mBootsGrade II
- 51 mThe Cross Keys Public HouseGrade II
- 51 m43, 45, 47 and 48, Market SquareGrade II
- 53 mThe Eagle Vaults Public HouseGrade II
- 57 m1-5, High StreetGrade II
- 63 m49a and 49b, Market SquareGrade II
- 68 mMidland BankGrade II
- 72 m10-14, High StreetGrade II
- 73 m11, Market SquareGrade II
- 78 m13, Market SquareGrade II
- 81 m16 and 16a, High StreetGrade II
- 88 m15, Market SquareGrade II
- 93 mFormer Marlborough HotelGrade II
- 98 mCongregational Meeting HouseGrade II
- 106 mBarclays BankGrade II
- 111 m50, Market SquareGrade II
- 112 mCorn ExchangeGrade II
- 123 mRoyal Oak Public HouseGrade II
- 124 mProspect Books and Prints Witney Town Council OfficesGrade II
- 129 mPair of K6 Telephone Kiosks Adjacent to Town HallGrade II
- 130 m19, High StreetGrade II
- 133 m32d, Meeting House LaneGrade II
- 134 mTown HallGrade II*
- 145 m12, Corn StreetGrade II
- 148 m14, Corn StreetGrade II
Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £862,500 in July 2013. Semi-detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in April 2022, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- West Oxfordshire
- Application type
- Full Application
- Postcode
- OX28 6BB
- Received
- 3 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 10 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Witney South
- Parish
- Witney
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 5 Oct 2026
- Decision
- Approve
- Decision date
- 29 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Shields Longden and Co
How this decision compares
Decided in 50 days from validation, 5 days faster than West Oxfordshire's median of 55 for changes of use. Approved, as 97% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by West Oxfordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. West Oxfordshire decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 29 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15129090
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15129090
- Comments by
- 31 Aug 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 5 Oct 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
29 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
West Oxfordshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #81 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (97%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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