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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Parsons House Church Road Milton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6LQ
Received 7 Jan 202547 New Road Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6YP
Received 7 Jan 202517 William Smith Close Churchill Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6QS
Received 7 Jan 2025Croftdown 34 Corn Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6BS
Received 7 Jan 2025Oranmore Sturt Wood East End North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6PZ
Received 7 Jan 202596 Acre End Street Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4PD
Received 7 Jan 2025The Old Farm House Chatterpie Lane Combe Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8NP
Received 7 Jan 2025The Old Farm House Chatterpie Lane Combe Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8NP
Received 7 Jan 2025Land Parcel North East Of Tar Farmhouse Tar Road Stanton Harcourt Oxfordshire
Received 7 Jan 202564B Acre End Street Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4PD
Received 8 Jan 20253 Blankstones Farm 39 Acre End Street Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4PF
Received 8 Jan 20253 Chimney Farm Cottages Chimney Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2EH
Received 8 Jan 2025Riverside House Little Faringdon Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3QQ
Received 8 Jan 2025Tanyard Tanners Lane Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4HJ
Received 8 Jan 2025Tanyard Tanners Lane Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4HJ
Received 8 Jan 2025Lands Farm Yard East End Swerford Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4BG
Received 8 Jan 2025Bradwell Grove Village Hall Woodside Drive Bradwell Village Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4XB
Received 9 Jan 2025Land South Of Hit Or Miss Farm Banbury Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire
Received 9 Jan 2025Chipping Norton Library Goddards Lane Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5NP
Received 9 Jan 2025Witney Youth & Community Centre Witan Way Witney Oxfordshire OX28 4YA
Received 9 Jan 2025Museum Resource Centre Cotswold Dene Standlake Oxfordshire OX29 7QG
Received 9 Jan 202538 Orchard Way Witney Oxfordshire OX28 4EW
Received 9 Jan 202520 Wychwood Paddocks Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3RW
Received 9 Jan 2025Churchill And Sarsden Heritage Centre Hastings Hill Churchill Oxfordshire OX7 6NA
Received 9 Jan 2025Records 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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