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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Church View Cottage Church Walk Combe Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8NQ
Received 26 Mar 2025Unit 15 Cromwell Park Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5SR
Received 26 Mar 2025Four Seasons 53 Lower End Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9QH
Received 26 Mar 2025Holly House Park Street Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3PT
Received 26 Mar 2025Laburnum Cottage 7 Grove Road Bladon Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1RQ
Received 26 Mar 2025The Bothy High Street Lyneham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6QL
Received 31 Mar 2025Windrush Leisure Centre Witan Way Witney Oxfordshire OX28 4YA
Received 26 Mar 2025Malthouse Burford Road Brize Norton Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3NN
Received 26 Mar 202535 Farmers Close Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1NP
Received 26 Mar 2025Bentleys West Street Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6YQ
Received 26 Mar 2025Enstone Quarry Oxford Road Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4HL
Received 26 Mar 2025Soho Farmhouse Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4JS
Received 26 Mar 2025Manor Farm Little Rollright Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5QA
Received 27 Mar 2025Manor Farm Little Rollright Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5QA
Received 27 Mar 2025Soho Farmhouse Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4JS
Received 27 Mar 202526 Freeland Gate Freeland Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8GD
Received 27 Mar 2025The Old Farriers High Street Ramsden Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3AU
Received 27 Mar 2025Barley Lane Shilton Road Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4PE
Received 27 Mar 2025Barn House 9 The Grange Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6XY
Received 27 Mar 2025Land South West Of The Bell Inn Langford Oxfordshire
Received 27 Mar 202532 Corn Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6BL
Received 27 Mar 2025Lands Farm Yard East End Swerford Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4BG
Received 27 Mar 2025East View 194 The Hill Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4QY
Received 27 Mar 2025Priory Of Our Lady 30 Priory Lane Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4SQ
Received 27 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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