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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Charlbury House Woodstock Road Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3EX
Received 19 Nov 20246 The Homestead Bladon Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1XA
Received 19 Nov 2024Mermaid Inn 78 High Street Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4QF
Received 19 Nov 202428 Common Road North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6RA
Received 19 Nov 2024Priory Mill Hook Norton Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5TF
Received 19 Nov 202481 - 83 Corn Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6AS
Received 20 Nov 20241 Clarendon Court Park Street Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3PT
Received 20 Nov 2024Garrett House 5 Park Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1SJ
Received 21 Nov 2024Algar (electric Motors) Ltd Southfield Place Pink Hill Lane Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4PB
Received 27 Nov 2024Ostlers Cottage Chastleton House Chastleton Moreton-In-Marsh Oxfordshire GL56 0SU
Received 21 Nov 2024Cheorl House Church Street Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3PR
Received 21 Nov 2024Walnut Tree Cottage Swan Lane Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4SH
Received 22 Nov 2024Whiteoaks 163 The Hill Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4RE
Received 22 Nov 2024Capps Lodge Fulbrook Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4DB
Received 22 Nov 2024Broad Close Little Tew Road Church Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4NL
Received 22 Nov 202415 Oxford Road Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1UN
Received 22 Nov 20242 Cogges Hill Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 3YN
Received 22 Nov 2024The Old School House Little Faringdon Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3QN
Received 22 Nov 20241 Humphries Close Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3HS
Received 22 Nov 202465 Sherbourne Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 5FQ
Received 22 Nov 202433A Priory Lane Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4SG
Received 25 Nov 202433A Priory Lane Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4SG
Received 25 Nov 2024Ashfield 7 Aston Road Brighthampton Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7QW
Received 25 Nov 2024The Old Surgery 56 Churchill Way Long Hanborough Oxfordshire
Received 25 Nov 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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