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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Council contacts
- 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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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Decided24/03186/S73
Variation of conditions 01 (approved plans) and 11 (hard and soft landscaping) of planning permission 23/01543/S73 to allow revised information also discharge of conditions 06 (access details) and 07 (parking area and driveway).
High Fields Church Road Milton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6LF
Received 13 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03187/FUL
Construction of storage unit for materials, plant and ancillary equipment. (amended plans)
Tew Farmhouse And Barns Enstone Road Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4AB
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03189/TCA
T1 Ash - FellT2 Ash - FellT3 & T4 (group) Ash - FellT5 Ash - FellT6, T7 & T8 (group) Ash - Fell
Sandford Park Ledwell Road Sandford St Martin Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7AJ
Received 13 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03190/FUL
Construction of horse riding arena and associated works.
Land And Buildings For Soho House Property Great Tew Oxfordshire
Received 13 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03191/HHD
Erection of single and two storey extensions and construction of a front porch
20 Orchard Close Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4EZ
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03192/HHD
Alterations to allow changes to internal layout and replacement of dilapidated threshing barn screens in both NE and SW elevations.
Manor Farm Enstone Road Little Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4HZ
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03193/LBC
Internal and external alterations to allow changes to internal layout and replacement of dilapidated threshing barn screens in both NE and SW elevations.
Manor Farm Enstone Road Little Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4HZ
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03194/HHD
Erection of a two-storey side extension
3A Pinecroft Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3HL
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03196/TCA
T1 Apple FellG1 Leylandii x3 FellT2 Leylandii Fell
Appletree House Ledwell Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7AN
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03199/HHD
Erection of single storey rear extension and construction of glazed canopy over parking space. Removal of existing first floor rear window and installation of two new windows. Landscaping works and repointing of existing boundary walling to East elevation. (Retrospective).
North Cottage 19 Park Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1SJ
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03200/LBC
Internal and external works to include erection of single storey rear extension and construction of glazed canopy over parking space. Removal of existing first floor rear window and installation of two new windows. Landscaping works and repointing of existing boundary walling to East elevation. (Retrospective).
North Cottage 19 Park Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1SJ
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03201/FUL
Proposed new vehicular access
Ramblers Cottage The Walk Main Road Alvescot Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2PU
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03202/TCA
T1 Horse Chestnut - Pollard at point of 1st elbow at aproximatley 5m ( from bant top level ) to allow to regenerate as low canopy.Tree growing out rock face and erroded around rock plate.
7 Kearsey Court Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3BF
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03204/HHD
Erection of a single storey extension, replacement of a sliding sash window on side elevation and reduction in size of rear first floor bathroom window
38 Oxford Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1TT
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03205/LBC
Internal and external alterations to include erection of a single storey extension, replacement of a sliding sash window on side elevation and reduction in size of rear first floor bathroom window. Internal works to include changes to floor layouts with the installation of ground to first floor lift
38 Oxford Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1TT
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03207/PDET28
Erection of a general purpose agricultural storage building
Barley Hill Farm Chipping Norton Road Chadlington Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3NT
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03208/HHD
Loft conversion to form a habitable room
7 Park Farm Place Northmoor Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5BF
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03209/HHD
Erection of single-storey rear extension, remodelling of existing rear and side extensions, new glazed cloister to rear, raised roof and remodelling to barn and landscaping works.
Willow Farm Cote Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2EG
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03210/CND
Discharge of condition 6 (details of bat roosting and nesting opportunities) of Planning Permission 21/01632/HHD
Hillside House Bull Hill Chadlington Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3ND
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Unknown24/03212/CND
Discharge of conditions 10 Biodiversity enhancement, 11 Drainage, 14 Landscape and 15 Landscape maintenance of permission 24/00126/FUL
Culfre Bampton Road Clanfield Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2RG
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03215/TCA
T1- Poplar Tree -Fell due to being 5.6 meteres high with visible roots across the lawn and extending towards (no:50) to house | conservatory of house at back of boundary fence (no:34). Diameter of T1 trunk 87 cm. T2- Canadian Maple - to prune shape and manage height of tree-3.5 metere tall, no visible roots -Trunk Diameter 63cm
50 Saxel Close Aston Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2EB
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03216/HHD
Erection of a flat roof dormer to rear roof slope
62 High Street Finstock Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3DW
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03218/S73
Variation of condition 2 of planning permission 21/00776/FUL to allow for proposed garage
Vicarage Field Church Road Milton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6LQ
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03219/HHD
Removal of existing garden room. Erection of a single storey extension
Witney Cottage Witney Lane Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9PG
Received 17 Dec 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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