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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/00684/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (conversion of attic space to create additional living space, along with construction of a box dormer to rear roof slope)
109 Broadmarsh Lane Freeland Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8QP
Received 18 Mar 2026 - Withdrawn26/00685/HHD
Erection of detached single bay garage with storage space above
Fieldside House Broadwell Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3QS
Received 18 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00686/CND
Discharge of conditions 4 (external windows and doors), 7 (soft landscaping scheme), 8 (Worst-case Scenario Mitigation Strategy for bats), and 9 (biodiversity enhancement scheme) of planning permission 25/01566/FUL
Land At Church End Swerford Chipping Norton Oxfordshire
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Withdrawn26/00687/FUL
Change of use to allow renting out of annexe on short term basis.
Annexe Elm Farm The Green Freeland Oxfordshire OX29 8AP
Received 18 Mar 2026 - Under consideration26/00693/FUL
Erection of a single self-build dwelling and detached double garage with storage space above.
Land East Of 34 Church Lane Middle Barton Oxfordshire
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00694/HHD
Erection of Garden Room
33 Robinson Avenue Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1GQ
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00695/HHD
Erection of wooden gate and fencing, 6ft high, to replace section of metal fencing. (Retrospective).
Honeypot Cottage Main Road Alvescot Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2PU
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00698/HHD
Erection of single storey rear extension.
23 Bellenger Way Brize Norton Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 1NE
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00699/CND
Discharge of conditions 6 (comprehensive landscape scheme), 10 (surface water drainage scheme), 17 (Construction Environmental Management Plan - Biodiversity), and 21 (Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation) of planning permission 21/03711/FUL
Land At Tar Farm Tar Road Stanton Harcourt Oxfordshire
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00700/HHD
Demolition of existing garage outbuilding, car port and shed. Construction of detached ancillary studio/storage outbuilding together with associated landscape works and widening of vehicular access.
24 Shipton Road Ascott Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6AF
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00701/CND
Discharge of condition 10 (Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation) of planning permission 25/01511/FUL
Land North East Of Cherry Tree Cottage Main Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00702/HHD
Erection of single storey rear and side extension (amended plans)
27A Clover Place Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4QN
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00703/HHD
Single storey rear extension
2 Old Plumbers Yard 56A Crawley Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1HT
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00705/HHD
Construction of detached outbuilding comprising garage and games room/gym with home office above.
East Barn Grims Dyke Farm Woodleys Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1HJ
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00708/HHD
Dropped kerb to create vehicular access and provision of off-road car parking.
60 Well Lane Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7PA
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00711/TPO
Works to neumerous trees under TPO 141.178T901 Sycamore - Fell to ground level. T903 Sycamore - Fell to ground level and treat the stump.T907 Black pine - Remove low pruned branch back to stemT911 Black pine - Fell in sections to ground levelT912 Black pine - Remove low pruned branch back to stem. T913 Black pine - Remove low over-extended branch over church back to stem
Pinewood Court 21 - 23 Burford Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3AG
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00712/HHD
Conversion of existing integral garage to create additional living space.
48 Winfield Drive Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7AU
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00713/HHD
Conversion of detached outbuilding to a granny annex
Llandaff Barn 11 Thames Street Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4HF
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Withdrawn26/00714/HHD
Erection of a two storey side extension
85 Broadmarsh Lane Freeland Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8QP
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00716/TCA
T1 - Sycamore - early mature. Crown lift to provide 3m of ground clearance - removal of two small (circa 75mm) limbs T2 - Willow - multi stemmed mature. remove collapsed stem T3 - Willow - early mature - Crown lift to provide 3m of ground clearance - removal of 4 small (circa 75mm -100mm diameter) limbs T4 - Hawthorn - young to semi-mature - heavily suppressed, poor form. Fell T5 - Hawthorn - young to semi-mature - heavily suppressed, poor form. Fell
The Old Farm Swinbrook Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4DY
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00717/HHD
Construction of replacement single storey extensions to side and rear elevations together with refurbishment works and changes to fenestration.
68 Nethercote Road Tackley Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 3AT
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00718/HHD
Erection of single storey front and rear extenisions.
Barton View 12 Church Lane Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7BX
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Under consideration26/00719/FUL
Conversion of former Coach House and stables to create a dwelling (amended description)
Riverside House 7 Lower High Street Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4RN
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00720/ADV
Erection of a non illuminated sign (retrospective)
Land South Of Burford Road Minster Lovell Oxfordshire
Received 23 Mar 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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