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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Foxbury Farm Burford Road Brize Norton Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3NX
Received 9 Dec 2024Land North Of 1 Davis Close Stonesfield Oxfordshire
Received 9 Dec 2024Sydney Cottage Pytts Lane Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4SJ
Received 10 Dec 2024Sydney Cottage Pytts Lane Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4SJ
Received 10 Dec 20241 The Paddocks Stonesfield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8GG
Received 10 Dec 2024Allens Barn Swin Lane Swinbrook Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4EA
Received 10 Dec 2024Estelle Manor North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6PN
Received 10 Dec 20242 Manor Road Ducklington Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7YA
Received 11 Dec 202480 Blakes Avenue Witney Oxfordshire OX28 3SY
Received 10 Dec 2024Chalford Cottage Oxford Road Old Chalford Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5QW
Received 10 Dec 2024Hobbs Hole Farm Ledwell Road Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4DN
Received 10 Dec 202446 Hailey Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1HE
Received 13 Dec 20243 Manor Road Bladon Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1RT
Received 11 Dec 20249 Milestone Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3RJ
Received 11 Dec 2024Pomme D Or Enstone Road Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3QR
Received 11 Dec 20241 - 5 Oasis Park Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4TP
Received 11 Dec 20249 Dene Rise Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6LU
Received 12 Dec 2024Sarsden Cottage Sarsden Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6PS
Received 12 Dec 2024Pipplepen Farmhouse Weald Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2HW
Received 12 Dec 2024Upper Farm Cleveley Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4DX
Received 12 Dec 202439 Oxford Hill Witney Oxfordshire OX28 3JU
Received 12 Dec 2024Land South Of The Paddocks Aston Bampton Oxfordshire
Received 12 Dec 2024Rose Cottage Hixet Wood Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3SB
Received 13 Dec 2024Pendale Church Road Milton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6LH
Received 13 Dec 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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