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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for West Oxfordshire District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
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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.
Kingham Hill House Kingham Hill Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6TE
Received 13 Aug 202437 Newland Mill Witney Oxfordshire OX28 3HH
Received 14 Aug 202474 West End Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1NF
Received 14 Aug 202411 Willows Edge Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4QD
Received 14 Aug 2024Cornbury House Cornbury Park Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3EH
Received 14 Aug 2024Cornerstone House South End Great Rollright Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5RF
Received 14 Aug 2024Boot Inn Barnard Gate Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6XE
Received 14 Aug 20242 The Tennis Cassington Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4EL
Received 15 Aug 2024Radcot House Buckland Road Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2AA
Received 15 Aug 2024Newland Nursing Home 50 Newland Witney Oxfordshire OX28 3JG
Received 15 Aug 2024Bliss Brassey And Wilkins House Hailey Avenue Chipping Norton Oxfordshire
Received 15 Aug 20241 The Green Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5DH
Received 15 Aug 2024College Farm Yelford Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7QX
Received 15 Aug 2024Soho Farmhouse Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4JS
Received 16 Aug 2024The Old Brew House Holwell Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4JS
Received 16 Aug 2024Appletree House Ledwell Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7AN
Received 16 Aug 2024Appletree House Ledwell Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7AN
Received 16 Aug 20247 Westfield Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1JQ
Received 16 Aug 2024Wysdom Hall 115 High Street Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4RG
Received 16 Aug 2024Freelands Farm Westwell Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4JT
Received 16 Aug 2024Ash Close House 41 Gloucester Place Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6LB
Received 16 Aug 202428 Church Lane Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7BX
Received 20 Aug 202412 Jubilee Lane Milton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6EW
Received 19 Aug 202441 Worton Road Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7EE
Received 19 Aug 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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