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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Manor Farm Radcot Road Grafton Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2RY
Received 19 Mar 2025Pond View Duttons Farm Barns Lew Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7PD
Received 19 Mar 202575 New Road Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2NP
Received 19 Mar 2025Soho Farmhouse Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4JS
Received 19 Mar 202525 Bellenger Way Brize Norton Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 1NE
Received 19 Mar 2025Oakdene Wilcote Lane Ramsden Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3BA
Received 19 Mar 2025Land At Valley Cottage Mill Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire
Received 19 Mar 2025Land (E) 429494 (N) 207689 Monahan Way Carterton Oxfordshire
Received 19 Mar 2025Rose Cottage Junction Road Churchill Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6NW
Received 20 Mar 2025Rose Cottage Junction Road Churchill Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6NW
Received 20 Mar 202512 High Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1TF
Received 20 Mar 2025Wysdom Hall 115 High Street Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4RG
Received 20 Mar 20253 Hundley Way Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3QU
Received 20 Mar 2025116 Colwell Drive Witney Oxfordshire OX28 5NH
Received 19 Mar 2025The Homestead Frog Lane Milton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6JZ
Received 20 Mar 2025Beacons View Chapel Road South Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6UP
Received 20 Mar 2025Great Tew Primary School The Green Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4DB
Received 20 Mar 2025Hill Barn Farm Laughton Hill Stonesfield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8DU
Received 21 Mar 2025Heythrop Park Hotel Heythrop Park Heythrop Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5UE
Received 21 Mar 202510 Marlborough Crescent Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8JP
Received 24 Mar 202512 Marlborough Crescent Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8JP
Received 24 Mar 2025108 - 110 High Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6HT
Received 21 Mar 2025Land (E) 429494 (N) 207689 Monahan Way Carterton Oxfordshire
Received 21 Mar 2025Gyles Farm Deddington Road Great Tew Oxfordshire
Received 21 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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