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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Lavender Place Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3XR
Received 11 Feb 2025Methodist Chapel Chapel Lane Enstone Oxfordshire OX7 4LT
Received 12 Feb 2025Chilmore Station Road Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4HX
Received 12 Feb 2025Springfield Barn Glebe Farm Alvescot Road Black Bourton Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2PP
Received 12 Feb 2025Church Cottage Church Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4NN
Received 12 Feb 2025Land Parcel East Of B4437 Ascott Under Wychwood Oxfordshire
Received 14 Feb 2025Lyneham Heath Farm Lyneham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6QQ
Received 13 Feb 2025Church Cottage Church Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4NN
Received 13 Feb 2025Bliss Brassey And Wilkins House Hailey Avenue Chipping Norton Oxfordshire
Received 13 Feb 2025Geltwood 200 Main Road Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8JZ
Received 13 Feb 2025Land North Of Foxwood Close Aston Bampton Oxfordshire
Received 13 Feb 2025Land South Of Black Barns Daylesford Moreton-In-Marsh Oxfordshire
Received 13 Feb 2025Cricket Ground High Street Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6DG
Received 13 Feb 20252 All Souls Cottages Main Road Stanton Harcourt Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5RW
Received 14 Feb 2025Barley Hill Farm Chipping Norton Road Chadlington Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3NT
Received 14 Feb 2025St Leonards Church High Street Eynsham Oxfordshire OX29 4UG
Received 14 Feb 2025The Cottage Junction Road Churchill Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6NW
Received 14 Feb 2025Land At Shilton Downs Farm Shilton Oxfordshire
Received 14 Feb 2025Land At Shilton Downs Farm Shilton Oxfordshire
Received 14 Feb 2025Bell House Chipping Norton Road Little Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4JF
Received 14 Feb 2025Land South Of Hit Or Miss Farm Banbury Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire
Received 14 Feb 2025The Langston Nursing Home Station Road Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6UP
Received 14 Feb 2025Sedac Business Park Sedac Close Eynsham Oxfordshire
Received 17 Feb 2025Red House Witney Lane Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9PG
Received 17 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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