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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided25/01147/TCA
Fell - Horse Chestnut, 2x Limes, Cedar atlanticaGarrya elliptica and Box - RemoveYew and Laurel - Reduce/crown lift and reshape
Stonesfield Manor Combe Road Stonesfield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8QB
Received 7 May 2025 - Decided25/01148/FUL
Remedial works to roof to include replacement of natural Cotswold slate on front roof slope with reconstituted Cotswold slate tiles and the replacement of windows (part retrospective).
Lord Kitchener Inn Lew Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7PD
Received 7 May 2025 - Decided25/01149/HHD
Alterations to include the conversion of outbuilding to family snug with single storey link extension to dwelling, along with remedial works to existing chimneys, windows, doors and rainwater items and the repointing of exterior walls.
Stonesfield Manor Combe Road Stonesfield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8QB
Received 7 May 2025 - Decided25/01150/LBC
Internal and external alterations to include the conversion of outbuilding to family snug with single storey link extension to dwelling, along with remedial works to existing chimneys, windows, doors and rainwater items and the repointing of exterior walls. Internal works to include changes to floor layouts and installation of underfloor heating in some areas along with complete renewal of electrical and mechanical systems.
Stonesfield Manor Combe Road Stonesfield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8QB
Received 7 May 2025 - Decided25/01152/PN42
Erection of single storey rear extension (7.6 x 4 max height/3.2 height to eaves).
32 Burford Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3AD
Received 8 May 2025 - Decided25/01154/CM
Non Material Amendment to permission R3.0022/24 (24/00598/CM), for the addition of a planning condition and two informatives, and the documents: Great Crested Newt District Licensing Scheme Certificate - 202503075 (28-04-2025), Impact Plan for Great Crested Newts District Licensing - Ver 1 (08-04-2025) and NatureSpace Best Practice Principles (March 2021), to reflect the discovery of Great Crested Newts at Oathill Lodge, Road from Enstone Road to Oathill Farm, Enstone, OX7 4ED.
Oathill Lodge Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4ED
Received 7 May 2025 - Decided25/01155/LBC
Internal and external alterations to replace nine windows, eight to east elevation and one to south elevation.
Old Farmhouse Burford Road Black Bourton Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2PF
Received 8 May 2025 - Decided25/01156/CONBGP
Discharge of condition 3 (biodiversity enhancement features) of planning permission 24/03028/FUL.
81 - 83 Corn Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6AS
Received 8 May 2025 - Decided25/01157/TCA
Cut T1 back to the boundary reducing lateral growth by aproximatly 2m
Mulberry Lodge 3 Mount Place Churchill Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6NX
Received 8 May 2025 - Unknown25/01160/SCREEN
EIA Screening Opinion for proposed solar farm.
Land Parcel At E433108 N204560 Lew Bampton Oxfordshire
Received 8 May 2025 - Decided25/01163/FUL
Change of use of ground floor from hairdressers to studio flat
105 High Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6HY
Received 15 May 2025 - Decided25/01164/S73
Variation of condition 2 of Planning Permission 25/00473/HHD to include a roof projection over the external staircase landing.
4 St James Court North Street Aston Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2BF
Received 15 May 2025 - Decided25/01166/TCA
Fir in rear garden - Fell to ground level.
Hundreds Apart West End Wootton Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1DL
Received 9 May 2025 - Decided25/01169/CND
Partial Discharge of Condition 4 (snug and stair window details) of Listed Building Consent 24/02338/LBC
Duck End Hook Norton Road Great Rollright Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5SB
Received 9 May 2025 - Decided25/01172/CND
Discharge of Condition 4 (surface water drainage strategy) of Planning Permission 25/00196/FUL
Soho Farmhouse Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4JS
Received 9 May 2025 - Decided25/01173/HHD
Erection of first floor extension above garage with an external staircase
3 The Hades Ball Lane Tackley Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 3AG
Received 9 May 2025 - Decided25/01174/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (change of use from a residential care home for adults to a residential care home for young people)
Hawthorns 2 Bushey Ground Minster Lovell Witney Oxfordshire OX29 0SW
Received 9 May 2025 - Decided25/01175/LBC
External and internal alterations including re-locate WC, removal of internal block walls and creation of stud walls, replacement of external door and windows and addition of roof lights.
20 The Homestead Carterton Road Brize Norton Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3LY
Received 12 May 2025 - Decided25/01176/PN56
Conversion of an agricultural buidling to a dwelling house (C3) and for building operations reasonably necessary for the conversion
Duttons Farm Lew Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7PD
Received 12 May 2025 - Decided25/01177/PN56
Change of use of an agricultural building to a dwellinghouse (C3) and associated building operations.
Duttons Farm Lew Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7PD
Received 12 May 2025 - Decided25/01178/PN56
Installation of solar PV panels on the roofs of three farm buildings
Blue Barn Farm Buildings South Of Stanton Harcourt Road South Leigh Oxfordshire
Received 12 May 2025 - Decided25/01181/HHD
Replacement of existing outbuildings with a new garage and gate to existing drive (Amended plans)
Hill Crest Field Assarts Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9NQ
Received 12 May 2025 - Decided25/01182/TCA
Pollard Ash tree
Cogges Manor Farm Church Lane Witney Oxfordshire OX28 3LA
Received 12 May 2025 - Decided25/01183/NMA
Erection of a single storey rear extension and insertion of roof lights to side elevations (Non Material Amendment to change the windows frames from white to grey, the cladding from white to oak brown and from horizontal to vertical, and the front side of carport from wood to brick)
8 Balliol Close Tackley Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 3AS
Received 13 May 2025
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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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