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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Honeypot Lodge 2 Church Street Ducklington Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7UG
Received 24 Mar 2025Collinwood School Lane Black Bourton Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2PW
Received 24 Mar 20255 Church Row Langford Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3LR
Received 24 Mar 2025119 High Street Finstock Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3DA
Received 24 Mar 202519 Lewis Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5JT
Received 25 Mar 2025Land North Of Hill Rise Woodstock Oxfordshire
Received 24 Mar 2025Estelle Manor North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6PN
Received 24 Mar 2025Estelle Manor North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6PN
Received 24 Mar 2025Stonesfield Manor Combe Road Stonesfield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8QB
Received 24 Mar 2025154 The Hill Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4QY
Received 24 Mar 202512 Hayward Drive Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3HX
Received 25 Mar 20259 Mountfield Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 5LX
Received 25 Mar 202527 Bear Close Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1JT
Received 25 Mar 2025Shilton Road Filling Station Winton 24 Shilton Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 1EH
Received 25 Mar 2025Upton Downs Farm Upton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4LY
Received 25 Mar 2025Upton Downs Farm Upton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4LY
Received 25 Mar 2025Fern Cottage Church Walk Combe Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8NQ
Received 25 Mar 202512 High Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1TF
Received 25 Mar 2025Soho Farmhouse Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4JS
Received 25 Mar 2025Soho Farmhouse Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4JS
Received 25 Mar 20258 Tothill Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6BX
Received 25 Mar 2025Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)- Land South Of The A40, Witney Bypass Stanton Harcourt Road Witney Oxfordshire
Received 25 Mar 2025Priory Barn Park Farm Lower End Alvescot Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2QA
Received 25 Mar 2025Whiteways Technical Centre Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4EE
Received 25 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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