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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/01381/TCA
T1 - fell cherry, circled pink on map
Cherrybrook Buckland Road Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2AA
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01382/FUL
Conversion of existing C3 Dwelling House into 7 Bedroom HMO (Sui Generis). (Retrospective).
23 Burwell Meadow Witney Oxfordshire OX28 5JG
Received 5 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01383/TCA
T1 lawson cypress To be removed, as likely split & close to property & highway.T2 cherry To be removed - completely dead
55 Nine Acres Close Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3RD
Received 1 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01384/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (to erect 13 solar PV panels to front roof slope)
36 Oxford Road Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4NR
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01385/CLE
Certificate of Lawfulness (retention of storage containers within the curtilage of Quince & Clover Caf� used solely for purposes incidental to the primary cafe use).
The Old Post Office 24 The Green Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4DB
Received 5 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01387/HHD
Erection of a detached outbuilding to create hobbies/games room (retrospective)
The Old Police House Hopcrofts Holt Steeple Aston Bicester Oxfordshire OX25 5QQ
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Under consideration26/01389/LBC
Internal alterations to remove modern plasterboard from attic room
Waterside Cottage Witney Hill Crawley Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9TQ
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01390/HHD
Conversion of loft with addition of rear dormers and front velux windows, and associated works (amended plans)
17 Sturt Road Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3SX
Received 5 Jun 2026 - Unknown26/01397/CND
Discharge of conditions 4 (window and door details), 9 (Biodiversity Lighting Strategy) and 10 (landscaping) of planning permission 26/00482/S73.
The Crawley Inn Foxburrow Lane Crawley Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9TS
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01398/HHD
Conversion of garage to additional living space, and associated works
8 Birdlip Close Witney Oxfordshire OX28 5GE
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01400/FUL
External alterations to facilitate a new healthcare surgery with pharmacy, dispensary and treatment rooms
7 Burford Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3AG
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01401/HHD
Erection of a two-storey side extension together with a loft conversion and associated roof alterations to include the addition of rear dormer
80 Rousham Road Tackley Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 3AN
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01402/LBC
Internal and external alterations to convert the cottage to holiday let, to include changes to floor layouts and existing windows
1 Fairview Cottages High Street Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6BA
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01403/TCA
Silver Birch - To fell the tree to a stump.
5 Church Street Bladon Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1RS
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01415/FUL
Conversion of existing barn to create two holiday lets and part conversion of adjacent existing barn to create associated ancillary amenity space with associated works and landscaping.
Barns E438093 N226893 Little Tew Road Church Enstone Oxfordshire
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01416/S73
Variation of condition 2 of permission 25/03049/HHD to allow changes to proposed extension roof along with an external door to replace a window
12 Church Street Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5NT
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01417/NMA
Erection of 5 no. dwellings on the former car park together with the conversion of public house to provide 3 no. dwellings with associated parking, landscaping and works (non-material amendment to substitute the approved roof tile specification from Ibstock Hardrow "Dusk Duet" concrete tiles to Cedral Rivendale Fibre Cement Slates in Cromleigh Graphite as the originally approved Ibstock Hardrow Dusk Duet tile has been discontinued)
The Crawley Inn Foxburrow Lane Crawley Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9TS
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01419/LBC
External alterations to include addition of front door to existing doorway opening in east porch, grab rail, and external light
The Old Pound 20 Pound Lane Clanfield Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2QZ
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01420/NMA
Application for a non-material amendment to 24/02901/OUT to remove condition 30 (construction of footpath from western boundary to The Bartons Memorial Sports and Social Club)
Land North Of Holliers Crescent Middle Barton Oxfordshire
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01421/HHD
Construction of front porch and erection of single storey rear extension
34 New Road Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2NG
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Under consideration26/01422/FUL
Development of single dwelling house
Land (N) 422588 (E) 204083 Filkins Lechlade Oxfordshire
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01423/ADV
Erection of replacement non illuminated fascia signage
2 Blandford Court Market Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1UY
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01424/TCA
T1 Lime - Re-Pollard Remove all secondary growth back to the previously established pollard points on the main scaffold limbs.
Dovecote Cheyne Lane Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2HB
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01425/CND
Discharge of condition 9 (Construction Management Plan) of planning permission 25/02878/FUL
Land Between Upavon Way And Northwood Crescent Carterton Oxfordshire
Received 10 Jun 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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