West Oxfordshire District Council planning applications
Data as of 5 November 2026
West Oxfordshire District Council decided more than 2,000 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 4% of those it approved or refused, lower than the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 49 days to decide one.
Look up one application
Search by reference or address on West Oxfordshire District Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).
Recent major decisions
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30 October 2026 · Approved
Enstone Airfield Industrial Estate South Enstone Airfield Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4NP · 25/02141/OUT
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29 October 2026 · Refused
Land Parcel South Of Kingsway Cottages Bampton Road Aston Bampton Oxfordshire · 25/01247/OUT
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14 October 2026 · Refused
Westbourne Shilton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4AW · 26/01554/OUT
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3 September 2026 · Approved
Field Farm Church Road North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6TX · 26/01263/FUL
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12 August 2026 · Refused
Land (E) 438356 (N) 212268 Common Road North Leigh Oxfordshire · 24/03100/OUT
Figures for West Oxfordshire District Council
| Applications decided | more than 2,000 |
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| Share refusedof those approved or refused | 4%middle UK council 9% |
| Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date | 49 daysmiddle UK council 55 days |
| Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings | 2%of more than 490 decided |
| Appeals decidedin the last three years | 150 |
| Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits | 27%about one in four |
| Officer reports and decision notices searchable | back to 2017 |
| Local Plan policies held | 64plan adopted 2018 |
What inspectors decide appeals on
In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on West Oxfordshire District Council’s planning applications.
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“The main issue is the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.”
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“The main issues are: • The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the local area; • The effect of the proposed development on the setting of designated and non- designated heritage assets; • The effect…”
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“The main issues for appeals A and B are: • whether each proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt and its effect on the openness of the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (The…”
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“The main issue is the effect of the proposed development upon the character and appearance of the area.”
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“The main issues are: • the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area; • the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupants of neighbouring properties, with particular regard…”
How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.