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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Audley House The Slade Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3SJ
Received 10 Mar 2025Soho Farmhouse Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4JS
Received 11 Mar 2025The Yews Filkins Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3JQ
Received 10 Mar 20257 Manor Court Wootton Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1EU
Received 10 Mar 2025St John The Baptist Church Church Lane Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4RY
Received 11 Mar 2025The Coombes Great Rollright Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5SH
Received 11 Mar 2025Mill Green Mill Green Weald Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2HF
Received 11 Mar 20254 Parklands Freeland Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8HX
Received 11 Mar 2025Land At Curbridge Downs Farm Burford Road Minster Lovell Oxfordshire
Received 10 Mar 202512 Harvest Way Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1EG
Received 11 Mar 2025Magnolia Cottage 16 Albion Street Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5BJ
Received 11 Mar 20259 Bolsover Close Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8RA
Received 11 Mar 2025The Bull Inn Sheep Street Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3RR
Received 11 Mar 2025The Bull Inn Sheep Street Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3RR
Received 11 Mar 202550 Longore Stonesfield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8EF
Received 12 Mar 2025Cote Cottage Cote Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2EG
Received 11 Mar 202546 Saxel Close Aston Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2EB
Received 11 Mar 2025111 Manor Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 3UF
Received 11 Mar 20256 Tothill Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6BX
Received 11 Mar 2025Rock House 2 Puck Lane Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6LD
Received 11 Mar 2025Tar Farmhouse Tar Road Stanton Harcourt Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5AL
Received 12 Mar 2025Tar Farmhouse Tar Road Stanton Harcourt Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5AL
Received 12 Mar 2025The Grove Over Worton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7ER
Received 12 Mar 202537 Woodfield Drive Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3SE
Received 12 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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