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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 South Street Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7BU
Received 17 Mar 2025Ryans Rest Ascott Road Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6DD
Received 17 Mar 202533 South Street Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7BU
Received 17 Mar 202564 Swinbrook Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 1DS
Received 18 Mar 202516 Woodside Drive Bradwell Village Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4XB
Received 17 Mar 20258 Pound Field Road Aston Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2FR
Received 17 Mar 2025Land North East Of Manor Farm Cottage 14 Manor Road Woodstock Oxfordshire
Received 17 Mar 2025Field Farm Church Road North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6TX
Received 17 Mar 20255 Rose Drive Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1GN
Received 17 Mar 2025Hailey Manor Delly End Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9XD
Received 17 Mar 2025Red Brick Cottage Burford Road Black Bourton Bampton Oxfordshire
Received 18 Mar 2025Fairview Lower Crescent Minster Lovell Witney Oxfordshire OX29 0SD
Received 18 Mar 20256 Ball Lane Tackley Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 3AG
Received 18 Mar 202526 Walterbush Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5DN
Received 18 Mar 2025The Fox Cottage West Street Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6YQ
Received 17 Mar 2025Soho Farmhouse Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4JS
Received 18 Mar 2025Stud Groom Bungalow Sturt Farm Oxford Road Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4ET
Received 18 Mar 2025Pride Cottage Lower End Salford Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5YP
Received 18 Mar 2025Ambury Close Farm Barnard Gate Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6XE
Received 18 Mar 2025Woody Lane House Woody Lane Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3EY
Received 18 Mar 20254 Manor Farm Cottages Upper End Fulbrook Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4BX
Received 18 Mar 202527 Bear Close Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1JT
Received 18 Mar 2025Norton Green Court The Green Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5DB
Received 18 Mar 2025Paddock View 7 Manor Lane Clanfield Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2TR
Received 19 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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