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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Apple Tree Cottage Churchfields Stonesfield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8PP
Received 17 Feb 20256 Old Witney Road Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4PR
Received 17 Feb 2025Lower Watts House Park Street Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3PS
Received 17 Feb 2025Witney House Witney Lane Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9PG
Received 17 Feb 2025Land To The South Of Standlake Road Ducklington Witney Oxfordshire
Received 17 Feb 2025Starveall Farm Woodleys Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1HL
Received 17 Feb 2025Dovecote Barn Kencot Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3QX
Received 17 Feb 2025Dovecote House Little Faringdon Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3QN
Received 17 Feb 2025North Farm North Street Aston Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2DJ
Received 17 Feb 2025The Standing Barn Taynton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4FL
Received 17 Feb 2025Barley Hill Farm Chipping Norton Road Chadlington Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3NT
Received 18 Feb 2025Woolgate Shopping Centre Woolgate Shopping Centre Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6AP
Received 18 Feb 2025Vine Cottage 47 Millwood End Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8BW
Received 18 Feb 202514 Pembroke Place Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2EZ
Received 20 Feb 2025Grange Farm Bungalow Lynton Lane Cassington Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4ES
Received 18 Feb 202519 Hill Rise Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1AB
Received 19 Feb 202510 Grove Road Bladon Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1RD
Received 19 Feb 2025Cromwells House 28 High Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1TG
Received 19 Feb 2025Cromwells House 28 High Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1TG
Received 19 Feb 2025Parlours Widford Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4DU
Received 19 Feb 2025Parlours Widford Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4DU
Received 19 Feb 2025Chapel House Farm Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5SZ
Received 19 Feb 202522 Carterton Road Brize Norton Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3LY
Received 20 Feb 2025Leafield Pig Farm Purrants Lane Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9PN
Received 20 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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