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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Yew Tree Cottage 60 Station Road Brize Norton Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3QA
Received 7 Feb 2025Land East Of 87 - 123 Wroslyn Road Freeland Oxfordshire
Received 7 Feb 2025Welch Way Library Welch Way Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6JH
Received 7 Feb 2025Chipping Norton Football Club Walterbush Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5DQ
Received 7 Feb 2025The Walnuts Upper Milton Milton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6EX
Received 10 Feb 20254 Chapel Lane Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4NA
Received 10 Feb 202573 Mayfield Close Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3QS
Received 10 Feb 20259 Dene Rise Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6LU
Received 10 Feb 20256 The Homestead Bladon Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1XA
Received 10 Feb 2025Badgers Holt Wilcote Lane Ramsden Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3BA
Received 10 Feb 2025Old Post Office Manor Road Sandford St Martin Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7AG
Received 10 Feb 2025Old Post Office Manor Road Sandford St Martin Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7AG
Received 10 Feb 2025Kilmore House Church Close Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2LZ
Received 10 Feb 2025Swallows Barn 1 Rousham Road Tackley Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 3BB
Received 10 Feb 2025Ivy House Church Lane Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3PX
Received 11 Feb 2025Lee Place Hixet Wood Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3SD
Received 11 Feb 20252 Mount Pleasant Cottages Dancers Hill Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3RZ
Received 11 Feb 2025Eyston Piece Swinbrook Road Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6DU
Received 11 Feb 20256 Wellington Cottages Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3AA
Received 11 Feb 20253 Deanery Court Broad Street Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2LY
Received 12 Feb 2025Tiverton Cottage Guildenford Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4SE
Received 25 Feb 2025Land South Of Milestone Road Carterton Oxfordshire
Received 12 Feb 2025Holly House Park Street Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3PT
Received 12 Feb 2025The New House 12 Millwood End Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8BX
Received 12 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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