South East

West Oxfordshire planning statistics

Householder applications decided in the year to June 2026, compared with the rest of England.

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Within 8 weeks, no extension

79.3%

46th of 297

16.6 points faster than England

Granted

97.2%

28th of 297

6.7 points higher than England

Extension of time

19.0%

55th of 297

13.3 points lower than England

Decisions (12 months)

569

West Oxfordshire decided 569 householder applications in the year to June 2026, granting 97.2%.

79.3% were decided within 8 weeks with no extension, against 62.7% across England (46th of 297 for speed).

A further 19.0% were decided under an extension of time agreed with the applicant.

That is up from 75.3% a year earlier.

Of 11 householder appeals decided in the same period, 9.1% were allowed.

How quickly decisions are made

West Oxfordshire against England, share of householder decisions each quarter

Within 8 weeks, no extension
Extension of time
England, within 8 weeks

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Quarter	Within 8 weeks, no extension	Extension of time	England, within 8 weeks
2008 Q1	97.9%	0.0%	89.5%
2008 Q2	97.8%	0.0%	89.4%
2008 Q3	97.4%	0.0%	89.7%
2008 Q4	97.4%	0.0%	90.3%
2009 Q1	96.0%	0.0%	90.3%
2009 Q2	98.0%	0.0%	91.7%
2009 Q3	97.7%	0.0%	91.4%
2009 Q4	97.2%	0.0%	91.0%
2010 Q1	97.2%	0.0%	88.8%
2010 Q2	97.4%	0.0%	89.8%
2010 Q3	97.6%	0.0%	88.4%
2010 Q4	96.6%	0.0%	87.7%
2011 Q1	94.8%	0.0%	86.4%
2011 Q2	95.9%	0.0%	85.9%
2011 Q3	98.4%	0.0%	84.9%
2011 Q4	97.7%	0.0%	84.9%
2012 Q1	97.7%	0.0%	83.7%
2012 Q2	96.7%	0.0%	84.2%
2012 Q3	96.2%	0.0%	82.9%
2012 Q4	98.8%	0.0%	85.2%
2013 Q1	97.9%	0.0%	85.7%
2013 Q2	97.9%	0.0%	86.3%
2013 Q3	93.1%	0.0%	85.3%
2013 Q4	97.3%	0.0%	86.3%
2014 Q1	87.4%	0.0%	85.4%
2014 Q2	90.2%	0.0%	84.9%
2014 Q3	91.9%	0.0%	82.5%
2014 Q4	86.7%	0.7%	82.1%
2015 Q1	88.3%	0.0%	80.4%
2015 Q2	93.0%	0.0%	80.6%
2015 Q3	90.2%	0.5%	79.2%
2015 Q4	90.0%	2.4%	80.0%
2016 Q1	87.3%	3.2%	78.3%
2016 Q2	87.8%	6.1%	79.8%
2016 Q3	86.1%	2.5%	77.7%
2016 Q4	90.5%	3.0%	78.0%
2017 Q1	90.9%	4.0%	77.3%
2017 Q2	84.8%	7.0%	78.5%
2017 Q3	82.8%	7.0%	76.1%
2017 Q4	87.0%	7.0%	77.1%
2018 Q1	76.4%	17.6%	73.7%
2018 Q2	70.9%	20.9%	74.0%
2018 Q3	76.5%	15.6%	72.7%
2018 Q4	73.3%	18.0%	72.7%
2019 Q1	77.3%	14.0%	69.9%
2019 Q2	61.9%	20.6%	72.1%
2019 Q3	53.0%	32.0%	69.6%
2019 Q4	52.8%	33.1%	71.5%
2020 Q1	60.3%	27.8%	68.4%
2020 Q2	51.5%	28.1%	63.9%
2020 Q3	57.8%	23.9%	63.8%
2020 Q4	44.4%	41.9%	65.3%
2021 Q1	27.3%	43.6%	59.4%
2021 Q2	25.9%	60.0%	58.4%
2021 Q3	55.1%	22.6%	53.1%
2021 Q4	64.7%	16.3%	53.0%
2022 Q1	62.1%	26.3%	51.6%
2022 Q2	48.0%	24.7%	56.0%
2022 Q3	64.4%	19.4%	53.3%
2022 Q4	71.9%	19.3%	54.1%
2023 Q1	70.3%	27.2%	53.5%
2023 Q2	82.2%	16.0%	58.5%
2023 Q3	84.4%	15.0%	59.0%
2023 Q4	70.3%	28.4%	59.8%
2024 Q1	78.4%	21.6%	58.8%
2024 Q2	82.3%	16.3%	64.4%
2024 Q3	78.0%	20.9%	64.2%
2024 Q4	78.7%	19.4%	65.6%
2025 Q1	72.7%	25.3%	62.1%
2025 Q2	72.3%	27.2%	65.0%
2025 Q3	78.8%	19.7%	62.5%
2025 Q4	79.1%	19.4%	64.7%
2026 Q1	73.1%	23.9%	60.6%
2026 Q2	84.9%	13.8%	62.7%

Share of applications granted

West Oxfordshire against England

West Oxfordshire
England

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Quarter	West Oxfordshire	England
2008 Q1	96.7%	85.1%
2008 Q2	96.5%	86.1%
2008 Q3	94.9%	86.3%
2008 Q4	93.9%	85.3%
2009 Q1	96.0%	85.9%
2009 Q2	92.9%	86.8%
2009 Q3	97.1%	87.4%
2009 Q4	91.7%	86.9%
2010 Q1	94.5%	87.0%
2010 Q2	92.2%	88.0%
2010 Q3	96.2%	87.7%
2010 Q4	97.1%	87.5%
2011 Q1	90.7%	87.9%
2011 Q2	96.9%	88.5%
2011 Q3	93.9%	88.3%
2011 Q4	96.5%	88.3%
2012 Q1	96.0%	88.2%
2012 Q2	97.1%	89.2%
2012 Q3	96.2%	89.0%
2012 Q4	95.7%	88.9%
2013 Q1	95.7%	89.8%
2013 Q2	96.3%	90.6%
2013 Q3	96.6%	90.3%
2013 Q4	98.9%	89.6%
2014 Q1	94.7%	89.8%
2014 Q2	96.7%	90.5%
2014 Q3	98.2%	90.0%
2014 Q4	96.0%	89.2%
2015 Q1	96.6%	89.3%
2015 Q2	96.7%	90.2%
2015 Q3	98.6%	90.0%
2015 Q4	94.7%	89.2%
2016 Q1	95.6%	90.0%
2016 Q2	94.4%	90.3%
2016 Q3	96.6%	90.2%
2016 Q4	95.5%	89.7%
2017 Q1	92.0%	89.9%
2017 Q2	95.9%	90.5%
2017 Q3	98.9%	90.0%
2017 Q4	97.5%	90.1%
2018 Q1	92.7%	90.5%
2018 Q2	96.2%	91.0%
2018 Q3	98.3%	91.2%
2018 Q4	96.7%	90.5%
2019 Q1	96.5%	90.3%
2019 Q2	97.4%	91.0%
2019 Q3	97.2%	90.6%
2019 Q4	96.1%	89.8%
2020 Q1	96.7%	89.9%
2020 Q2	95.8%	90.2%
2020 Q3	96.1%	90.6%
2020 Q4	98.0%	90.3%
2021 Q1	98.2%	90.9%
2021 Q2	96.5%	91.2%
2021 Q3	96.4%	91.0%
2021 Q4	96.3%	90.1%
2022 Q1	94.7%	90.0%
2022 Q2	89.9%	90.4%
2022 Q3	90.1%	89.8%
2022 Q4	92.4%	89.4%
2023 Q1	92.3%	89.3%
2023 Q2	88.3%	89.2%
2023 Q3	91.3%	88.6%
2023 Q4	84.5%	88.2%
2024 Q1	90.9%	88.2%
2024 Q2	94.3%	89.1%
2024 Q3	91.5%	89.4%
2024 Q4	95.5%	88.6%
2025 Q1	98.0%	89.3%
2025 Q2	97.1%	90.4%
2025 Q3	97.8%	90.1%
2025 Q4	97.1%	90.1%
2026 Q1	97.0%	90.6%
2026 Q2	96.9%	91.0%

How long decisions took

Householder decisions over the last 12 months

Within 8 weeks79.3%
8 to 13 weeks1.6%
13 to 26 weeks0.0%
Over 26 weeks0.2%
Extension of time agreed19.0%

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Time taken	Decisions
Within 8 weeks	451
8 to 13 weeks	9
13 to 26 weeks	0
Over 26 weeks	1
Extension of time agreed	108

Appeals

Decided: 11
Allowed: 9.1%
Median wait: 13 weeks

Householder appeals to the Planning Inspectorate decided in the same 12 months. England: 34.4% allowed.

Local constraints

West Oxfordshire has published 50 conservation areas.
West Oxfordshire has published 84 Article 4 areas.

Both can remove permitted development rights. Not every council has published its data yet, so check with the council before relying on permitted development.

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