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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Withdrawn26/00792/ADV
Replacement hanging (externally illuminated) and wall sign together with fascia sign (externally illuminated) and awning, all to front elevation.
6 Market Place Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5NA
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00793/HHD
Demolition of existing conservatory and erection of two storey rear and single storey side extensions. (Amended drawings)
3 Church Cottages Church Street Wootton Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1DZ
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00794/S73
Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act (1990) to allow for variation of condition 3 of planning permission 20/03058/HHD to allow amendments to materials of the side extension cladding from timber to composite, and alterations to window and door colour
2 Burwell Drive Witney Oxfordshire OX28 5LY
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00795/HHD
Erection of boundary fencing (part-retrospective)
4 Kingham Drive Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3HU
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00797/CND
Discharge of condition 5 (SuDS and site wide drainage scheme) of planning permission 23/01206/FUL.
Land West Of Witney North Of A40 And East Of Downs Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00798/S73
Variation of condition 1 (approved plans) of 25/03010/S73 to allow for design changes entailing increases in roof ridge heights
Former Oakdene Wilcote Lane Ramsden Oxfordshire
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00802/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Installation of roof mounted solar photovoltaic panels)
The Old Rectory 30 Enstone Road Westcote Barton Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7AA
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00803/LBC
Internal and external alterations pursuant to listed building consent 24/03256/LBC, including amendments to the main first floor bedroom door, installation of two oak clad steel beams at the mezzanine opening, and replacement of projecting glazed sliding doors with non projecting sliding doors and internal timber shutters
Cedar Lodge Church Street Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6BP
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00804/TCA
Drooping ash - fell
Karibu Cottage High Street Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2JR
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00805/CND
Discharge of Condition 30 (Archaelogy) of Planning Permission 25/02371/S73
The Driving Centre Enstone Airfield Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4DR
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00806/FUL
Change of use from holiday let to dwelling
Cherry Tree Cottage Lower End Salford Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5YW
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00807/TCA
Apple tree - fell to ground level.
High Bank Burditch Bank Wootton Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1EH
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00808/CND
Discharge of conditions 7 (external window and door details), 8 (roof materials) and 9 (wall materials) of listed building consent 25/02939/LBC.
74 High Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6HL
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00809/HHD
External alterations to include replacement of main house roof, renewing of leadwork, replacement of rainwater goods, addition of rooflight, and installation of solar PV slate panels on the south elevation and inner roof slopes. (Amended drawings)
Shipton Lodge High Street Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6DG
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00810/LBC
External alterations to include replacement of main house roof, renewing of leadwork, replacement of rainwater goods, addition of rooflight, and installation of solar PV slate panels on the south elevation and inner roof slopes
Shipton Lodge High Street Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6DG
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00811/S73
Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act (1990) to allow for variation of conditions 2 and 3 of permission 25/02664/S73 pursuant to permission 23/00535/FUL to allow adjustments to proposed finished floor levels, associated eaves and ridge levels to align with alterations to drainage scheme
Outback Barn Lew Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7PD
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00812/PN42
Erection of single storey rear extension (7.6m x 4m (max. height)/2.65m (height to eaves).
35 Church View Freeland Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8HT
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00813/FUL
Change of use from place of worship to single dwelling with new vehicular access
Chadlington Methodist Church West End Chadlington Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3NJ
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00814/CND
Discharge of condition 5 (Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation) of planning permission 24/02608/FUL
Land At (E) 425667 (N) 226051 Kingham Hill Kingham Oxfordshire
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00815/HHD
Erection of a two storey rear extension
3 Foxholes Cottages Foscot Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6RN
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Withdrawn26/00816/HHD
Erection of a single storey front extension
Pond Farmhouse Witney Road Finstock Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3DE
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00817/CM
Variation of condition 2 of planning permission MW.0018/22 (WODC ref: 22/00685/CM) in order to extend the end date from 2026 to 2031 at The Oxfordshire Shooting School.
Enstone Airfield North Banbury Road Enstone Oxfordshire OX7 4NS
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00818/CLE
Certificate of Lawfulness (to confirm that the existing mobile shepherds hut is lawful under the provisions of S191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990)
Barn At Churchill Road Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6TA
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00819/CM
Variation of conditions 2 and 8 of planning permission MW.0017/22 (WODC ref: 22/00684/CM) in order to extend the end date from 2026 to 2031 at The Oxfordshire Shooting School.
The Shooting Ground Enstone Airfield Enstone Oxfordshire
Received 30 Mar 2026
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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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