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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 West End Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1NQ
Received 3 Mar 2025Little Willow Oxford Road Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4BT
Received 3 Mar 2025Church Row Witney Lane Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9PG
Received 3 Mar 202535 Manor Road Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1XP
Received 3 Mar 2025Garden House West Street Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6YQ
Received 3 Mar 2025Garden House West Street Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6YQ
Received 3 Mar 20257 Youngs Way Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1GU
Received 3 Mar 2025Yew Tree Cottage Pudlicote Lane Chilson Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3HU
Received 4 Mar 2025Chipping Norton Common Worcester Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire
Received 4 Mar 2025Fowler House Church Street Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6YA
Received 4 Mar 2025Malt House Witney Lane Leafield Oxfordshire
Received 4 Mar 2025The Meeting Room Bradwell Grove Village Hall Woodside Drive Bradwell Village Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4XB
Received 4 Mar 2025Land North Of Hook Norton Road Swerford Chipping Norton Oxfordshire
Received 14 Mar 202515 Orchard Cottages Chipping Norton Road Chadlington Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3NN
Received 4 Mar 202595 Wadards Meadow Witney Oxfordshire OX28 3YH
Received 4 Mar 202511 Boundary Close Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1LR
Received 4 Mar 2025Mermaid Inn 78 High Street Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4QF
Received 4 Mar 2025Windward House Carrick Road Curbridge Business Park Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7AF
Received 5 Mar 2025Myrtle Farm And Threshing Barn Main Road Long Hanborough Oxfordshire
Received 5 Mar 2025Albright House Church Street Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3PR
Received 5 Mar 2025Albright House Church Street Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3PR
Received 5 Mar 2025Coopers Lodge Aston Road Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2AL
Received 4 Mar 20255 Paradise Terrace Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5HN
Received 5 Mar 20259 Queens Close Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4HN
Received 5 Mar 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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