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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Staddlestones 41 Black Bourton Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3HJ
Received 22 Jan 2025The Mount House Church Green Witney Oxfordshire OX28 4AZ
Received 22 Jan 2025The Bungalow Station Road Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2AR
Received 22 Jan 2025Shirlstone Barn Upper End Salford Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5YU
Received 22 Jan 2025The Bungalow Station Road Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2AR
Received 22 Jan 2025The Old Post Office High Street Ramsden Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3AU
Received 22 Jan 2025Hazel Cottage Church Road North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6TX
Received 23 Jan 20253 Cox Lane Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5YA
Received 23 Jan 2025Building Known As Stone Barn Home Farm Kelmscott Oxfordshire
Received 21 Jan 2025Firtrees Bridge Street Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2HA
Received 23 Jan 2025Jersey House Church Road Church Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8AA
Received 24 Jan 2025Carterton Bowling Club Arkell Avenue Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3BS
Received 23 Jan 202515 Court Close Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6DY
Received 23 Jan 202513 Sandford Park Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3TH
Received 23 Jan 2025Soho Farmhouse Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4JS
Received 23 Jan 2025Taston Barn Taston Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3JL
Received 23 Jan 2025Red House Witney Lane Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9PG
Received 24 Jan 2025Third House School Hill Little Minster Minster Lovell Witney Oxfordshire OX29 0RS
Received 24 Jan 2025St Bartholomews Church Church Street Ducklington Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7UF
Received 24 Jan 202530 Bartholomew Close Ducklington Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7UJ
Received 24 Jan 2025Mill Race Farm Mill Lane Black Bourton Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2PJ
Received 24 Jan 202554 Acre End Street Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4PD
Received 24 Jan 202552 Acre End Street Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4PD
Received 24 Jan 2025Singe Farm Akeman Street Ramsden Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3AY
Received 24 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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