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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Ticknell Piece Road Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3TW
Received 30 Jan 20254 Malthouse Court Witney Lane Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9AA
Received 31 Jan 202512 Bulls Close Filkins Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3HY
Received 31 Jan 2025Manor Farm Eynsham Road Cassington Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4DL
Received 31 Jan 2025Pump House Shilton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4AB
Received 31 Jan 2025Water Lane Cottage Waters Lane Little Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4JG
Received 31 Jan 20251 Market Place Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1SY
Received 31 Jan 2025Little Window Cottage 2 Blacksmiths Court Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6GE
Received 31 Jan 2025Karimar Burford Road Brize Norton Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3NN
Received 31 Jan 20251 Coronation Cottages Main Street Clanfield Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2SJ
Received 31 Jan 2025The Wood Store Shilton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4AP
Received 31 Jan 2025Hanborough Pharmacy Willis Court Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8FQ
Received 31 Jan 2025Alma Grove Park Road Combe Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8NA
Received 31 Jan 20256 Briar Thicket Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1NT
Received 3 Feb 202587 Moorland Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6LT
Received 3 Feb 202526 Abelwood Road Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8DD
Received 3 Feb 20252 Lavender Place Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3XR
Received 3 Feb 202591 Wroslyn Road Freeland Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8HL
Received 3 Feb 202591 Wroslyn Road Freeland Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8HL
Received 3 Feb 2025South View Alvescot Road Black Bourton Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2PP
Received 3 Feb 20258 St Johns Drive Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3AP
Received 3 Feb 2025The Willows Eynsham Road Cassington Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4DF
Received 4 Feb 2025Thames Cottage Thames Street Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3QQ
Received 4 Feb 20253 Church View Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2NE
Received 3 Feb 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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