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West Oxfordshire District Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for West Oxfordshire District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates4,552Searchable applications
415Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 3,184 approved or refused records
179Refused applications
3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Jun 2022 to 30 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 4 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Skip to main contentContact planning Street naming and numberingLocal plan Planning and buildingPre-application advice Get advice on your applicationConservation areas Historic buildings and conservationArticle 4 directions Article 4 directions
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- Planning enquiries08457111222Council source
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas50 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas84 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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More application records
- Decided24/02474/NMA
Common infrastructure including roads, landscaping and drainage (non-material amendment to relocate existing parking bays and change to the material of the raised table tops from block paving to tarmac)
Land At West Witney Downs Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02475/HHD
Conversion of existing loft, including alterations to change hip roof to gable and insertion of two dormer windows and rooflights, to create additional living space.
39 Springfield Oval Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6EQ
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02476/CND
Discharge of condition 10 (Travel Plan Statement) of Planning Permission 23/03180/FUL
Abbott Diabetes Care Range Road Windrush Industrial Park Witney Oxfordshire OX29 0YL
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02478/HHD
Installation of a balcony to existing flat roof garage with access from first floor and associated works
4 Orchard Close Combe Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8NU
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02479/CND
Discharge of condition 4 of permission 23/01402/FUL (details and locations of bat boxes)
Woodstock Bowls And Tennis Club Cadogan Park Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1UW
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02480/CND
Discharge of conditions 4 (schedule of materials) and 5 (Construction Method Statement) of Planning Permission 24/00983/FUL
Feathers Hotel 16 - 20 Market Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1SX
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02484/CND
Discharge of condition 2 (schedule of materials) of Listed Building Consent 24/00628/LBC
26 Newland Street Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4JZ
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02486/HHD
Removal of existing lean-to extension and erection of a single storey extension. Works to include remedial works and increase in height of an existing boundary wall.
18 Park Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1SP
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02487/LBC
Internal and external alterations to include the removal of existing lean-to extension, erection of a single storey extension and the refurbishment of front and rear sash windows. Internal works to include alterations to floor layouts and replacement of existing staircase, reopening of chimney breasts to expose original fireplaces and construction of a new staircase from second floor to attic. Exterior works to include remedial works and increase in height of an existing boundary wall.
18 Park Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1SP
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02490/FUL
Erection of an agricultural building
Duttons Farm Lew Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7PD
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02491/HHD
Erection of single storey rear extension and proposed pitched roof to garage and porch
15 Poplar Farm Close Milton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6LX
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02492/HHD
Construction of an external swimming pool plus associated external works including the re-siting an existing outbuilding. (Part Retrospective)
Water Lane House Waters Lane Little Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4JG
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02493/NMA
Removal of garage and erection of new detached garage, workshop and garden room with gym/office above (non-material amendment to change the approved doors)
Chestnut House Main Street Clanfield Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2SP
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02494/HHD
Erection of a front porch and conversion of garage (amended)
Garden Cottage Main Road Alvescot Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2PU
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02495/FUL
Replacement conservatory roof, new hardstanding on path to first floor and internal and external works
Mermaid Inn 78 High Street Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4QF
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02496/LBC
Internal and external alterations to include replacement of conservatory roof along with the doors to the west of the conservatory. Internal alterations to include alterations to bar area including removal of enclosure and raised floor finishes and formation of step into the bar servery along with the reinstatement of an in filled door opening from the bar into back of house/hallway.
Mermaid Inn 78 High Street Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4QF
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02497/FUL
Change of use to allow food retail in units 9 and 9a at the West Oxfordshire Business and Retail Park, Carterton
Unit C9 West Oxfordshire Retail Park Haddon Place Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3FP
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02499/HHD
Internal and external works including removing internal walls, rebuilding the staircase, adding underfloor heating, relocating the WC at ground floor and adding a shower room on the first floor, demolish garage extension and erection of two storey side extension with new staircase and landscaping works.
Wisteria Cottage 41 Taynton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4UH
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02500/LBC
Internal and external works including removing internal walls, rebuilding the staircase, adding underfloor heating, relocating the WC at ground floor and adding a shower room on the first floor, demolish garage extension and erection of two storey side extension with new staircase and landscaping works.
Wisteria Cottage 41 Taynton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4UH
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02501/CM
To continue the development permitted by MW.0057/21 (WODC reference 21/01669/CM) (Importation of inert material for use in restoration of the site) without complying with condition 1, to extend the date for completion of the approved restoration scheme to three years from the commencement of development.
Castle Barn Quarry Churchill Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6QY
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02502/FUL
Change of use from two holiday lets to two dwellings
Old Farmhouse Burford Road Black Bourton Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2PF
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02503/NMA
Erection of seventy four dwellings and associated infrastructure (non-material amendment to change approved brick type)
Land West Of Witney North Of A40 And East Of Downs Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02506/CM
To continue the development permitted by MW.0058/21 (WODC reference 21/00076/CM) (limestone quarry extension) without complying with condition 1, to extend the date for completion of the approved restoration scheme to three years from the commencement of development
Castle Barn Quarry Churchill Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6QY
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02509/HHD
Removal of 1.825m fence at northern highway boundary, and replacement with 1.5m fence, with landscape proposals
22 Flemings Road Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1ND
Received 30 Sept 2024
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for West Oxfordshire District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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