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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/01939/PNT
Installation of 8 no. antenna within a covering radome, mounted on 1.7m high steel mast support structures, and associated ancillary works
Whitehill Satellite Earth Station Old Whitehill Tackley Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 3AU
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Decided26/01940/TCA
To reduce height of variegated holly by approx. 3 metres.
Land North Of Chaucers House 28 Park Street Woodstock Oxfordshire
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Under consideration26/01941/HHD
Removal of oil tank and installation of two freestanding air source heat pumps and associated works
Park House Over Worton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7ER
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Decided26/01942/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (to allow alterations to fenestration to support adjustments to internal layout)
68 Sherbourne Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 5FH
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01944/CND
Discharge of conditions 6 (Construction Traffic Management Plan) 9 (Secured by Design principles) 12 (schedule of materials) and 16 (Councils organisational Licence) of Permission 24/01681/S73
Lakeside Industrial Park Cotswold Dene Standlake Oxfordshire OX29 7PL
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Under consideration26/01945/FUL
Erection of Potting Shed on land beyond Brook House
Brook House Chipping Norton Road Churchill Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6NG
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Decided26/01946/TCA
Mature beech in rear garden x2 - Reduce in height and lateral spread to previous pruning points (roughly 2-3m in branch length) and remove any deadwood and thin density where needed.
Turret House Ticknell Lane Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3TJ
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Decided26/01947/TCA
Dead walnut, apple tree, ash - Fell to ground level.Ash leaning over garage - Fell to ground level.
The Beeches 58 Grove Road Bladon Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1RD
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Decided26/01953/TCA
G1 - Mixed boundary trees - Crown raise/cut back to clear wall by 1 metre.G2 - Mixed boundary trees - Crown raise/cut back to clear wall by 1 metre. Including basal growth.
Churchill And Sarsden Heritage Centre Hastings Hill Churchill Oxfordshire OX7 6NA
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Under consideration26/01955/CND
Discharge of condition 19 (foul water) and 20 (water network upgrades) of planning permission 25/00766/S73.
Land North Of Hill Rise Woodstock Oxfordshire
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01957/S73
Variation of condition 2 of permission 25/01551/HHD to allow changes to internal layout and external design
Wychwold Upper End Fulbrook Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4BX
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Under consideration26/01958/HHD
Erection of attached garage to side elevation and demolition of existing detached garage, erection of a single storey side extension with addition of rooflights, provision of a new accessible front entrance with ramped access and open porch, and associated works
55 Nine Acres Close Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3RD
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Decided26/01960/CND
Discharge of condition 12 (bat and bird features) of Planning Permission 24/03255/FUL
Cedar Lodge Church Street Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6BP
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Decided26/01961/CND
Discharge of conditions 8 (bat monitoring strategy) & 10 (bat and bird features) of Listed Building Consent 24/03256/LBC
Cedar Lodge Church Street Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6BP
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Decided26/01962/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (conversion of the garage into living accommodation)
46 Valence Crescent Witney Oxfordshire OX28 5FT
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Under consideration26/01963/HHD
Erection of a single storey rear extension, addition of front porch canopy, alterations to fenestration, and associated works
23 The Pieces Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2JZ
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Under consideration26/01964/HHD
Erection of a single storey pitched roof extension
Waterford Cottage Buckland Road Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2AA
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Under consideration26/01966/HHD
Alterations to the ancillary annexe to include addition of two rear dormers and insertion of roof light to front roof slope, partial recladding of the exterior walls, replacement windows, formation of new openings at ground level
Goodfellows Filkins Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3JG
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decided26/01967/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed replacement roof to original single storey rear projection - removal of stone parapet wall and replacement of flat roof with lean-to pitched roof. Replacement windows and doors. Installation of Solar PV panels to Southern roof & associated inverter and battery to rear of Garage)
50 Clover Place Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4QL
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Under consideration26/01968/FUL
Erection of a single dwellinghouse with detached garage, and associated works
34 Milestone Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3RG
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decided26/01969/TCA
Eucalyptus in rear garden - Fell to ground level.
32C Marlborough Lane Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6DY
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decided26/01970/TCA
Mirabelle plum tree. 2/2.5 meter reduction giving a nice shape, reduce overhanging branches neighbours side, crown lift to 2 meters.
5 Hill Rise Great Rollright Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5SW
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decided26/01971/TCA
3 - Poplar - fell
Annexe Broughton Poggs Mill House Broughton Poggs Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3JH
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decided26/01972/TCA
T1 Nowway Spruce, Reduce height 3mT2 Sycamore, reduce overhanging limbs to avoid more snapping & to stabliseT3 Sycamore, redulce limbs overhnaging road to avoid snapping & highway safety
Homelea Delly End Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9XD
Received 17 Aug 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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