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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided25/01880/HHD
Erection of single storey rear extension and side entrance porch.
Down Hill Cottage Worton Road Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7EG
Received 5 Aug 2025 - Decided25/01881/HHD
Erection of a single storey extension (part retrospective)
35 Hill Rise Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1AB
Received 5 Aug 2025 - Decided25/01882/TCA
MG1 - X4 hornbeam - Crown reduce hard by 3 metres to form smaller more formal shapes MT1 - Weeping willow - Crown reduce by 3 .5 metres to improve shape and form focusing primarily on height. T2 - Acer - Crown reduce by 1.5 metres to around old points. Remove reverted branches. T3 - Purple leaved plum - Reduce by 1 metre to improve shape and form. T4 - Purple leaved plum - Reduce by 1 metre to improve shape and form. T5 - Spruce - Reduce to create more conical form by reducing sides and top by 1 metre
Walford Paddocks Main Street Over Norton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5PU
Received 5 Aug 2025 - Decided25/01884/S73
Variation of condition 9 of permission 22/03058/FUL to allow amendments to operating hours
Land At (E) 441112 (N) 205508 Stanton Harcourt Industrial Estate Stanton Harcourt Oxfordshire
Received 5 Aug 2025 - Decided25/01886/CND
Discharge of condition 4 (details of the junction) of Planning Permission 24/00602/FUL
Land North Of Hill Rise Woodstock Oxfordshire
Received 5 Aug 2025 - Decided25/01887/CND
Discharge of conditions 3 (roof material), 4 (details of windows and doors), 5 (schedule of materials), and 7 (Trees in Relation to design, demolition and construction) of Planning Permission 25/01280/S73.
Elm Cottage Station Road Alvescot Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2PS
Received 5 Aug 2025 - Decided25/01888/HHD
Construction of single storey rear extension
Stone Cottage 2 Castle Road Wootton Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1EG
Received 5 Aug 2025 - Decided25/01889/CND
Discharge of condition 4 (noise report) of Planning Permission 25/01001/FUL (retrospective)
Aldi Stores Ltd Banbury Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5SY
Received 5 Aug 2025 - Decided25/01890/CND
Discharge of conditions 10 (surface water drainage scheme) and 22 (foul water drainage scheme) of Planning Permission 18/03319/OUT
The Driving Centre Enstone Airfield Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4DR
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Decided25/01891/CND
Discharge of Condition 23 (archaeological investigation) of Planning Permission 18/03319/OUT.
The Driving Centre Enstone Airfield Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4DR
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Decided25/01892/CND
Discharge of Condition 40 (Community Employment Strategy) of Planning Permission 22/03415/FUL.
The Driving Centre Enstone Airfield Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4DR
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Decided25/01893/HHD
Internal and external alterations to The Cottage and attached outbuildings. Including replacement external joinery, removal of chimney stack, replacement fenestration, infill the swimming pool, replacement roof structure and rebuild the west elevation in the pool house. (amended plans and description)
Swinbrook Manor Farm Swinbrook Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4DY
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Decided25/01894/LBC
Internal and external alterations to The Cottage and attached outbuildings. Including replacement external joinery, removal of chimney stack, replacement fenestration, infill the swimming pool, replacement roof structure and rebuild the west elevation in the pool house. (amended plans and description)
Swinbrook Manor Farm Swinbrook Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4DY
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Decided25/01895/S73
Variation of condition 3 of Planning Permission 21/03311/HHD to enable amendments to the approved design to regularise the current works (part retrospective)
The Old Carthouse 7 Chillford Barns Churchill Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6FF
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Decided25/01896/FUL
Insertion of doorway and window into rear wall of existing garage
34 Compton Way Witney Oxfordshire OX28 3AB
Received 7 Aug 2025 - Decided25/01897/OUT
Outline planning application with some matters reserved for erection of 20 dwellings within a nature enhancement scheme.
Land West Of Combe Road Stonesfield Oxfordshire
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Decided25/01898/TCA
T1 - Dead plum tree - Fell - remove root and grind stump. Replacement tree to be planted. (A on plan)T2 - Cherry tree - Fell - Risk of damage to listed wall. (B on plan)T3 -Yew tree - Lift crown to match tree next to it. (C on plan)T4 - Leylandii - Fell - causing damage to wall (D on plan)T5 - Apple tree - Prune to maintain its health (E on plan)
The Great Lodge 34 Witney Street Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4SN
Received 7 Aug 2025 - Decided25/01899/FUL
Installation of PV solar panels to the East and West roof slopes of detached garage along with installation of an EV charger to East elevation (Retrospective)
10 Birch Drive Bradwell Village Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4XH
Received 7 Aug 2025 - Decided25/01900/POB
Discharge of a S52 Agreement in relation to planning permission W906/85
Parlours Widford Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4DU
Received 11 Aug 2025 - Decided25/01901/HHD
Construction of carport, erection of a single storey extension and installation of gate at front access (part retrospective) (amended description)
Hunts View 43B Worcester Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5YF
Received 7 Aug 2025 - Decided25/01903/HHD
Installation of 4 no. dormer windows to replace existing rooflights in the east and south elevations
Clover Cottage Manor Road Sandford St Martin Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7AG
Received 7 Aug 2025 - Decided25/01905/RES
Reserved matters application for 55 dwellings pursuant to outline permission (22/02498/OUT) providing details of layout, scale, appearance, and landscape (AMENDED PLANS)
Land (E) 438738 (N) 212506 Witney Road North Leigh Oxfordshire
Received 7 Aug 2025 - Decided25/01906/CND
Discharge of condition 17 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) of Planning Permission 18/03319/OUT
The Driving Centre Enstone Airfield Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4DR
Received 8 Aug 2025 - Decided25/01907/CND
Discharge of condition 22 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) of Planning Permission 22/03415/FUL
The Driving Centre Enstone Airfield Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4DR
Received 8 Aug 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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