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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gate Cottage Chapel Lane Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2JT
Received 26 Mar 20252 Bell Piece Cottage Burford Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5UY
Received 28 Mar 2025Combe War Memorial The Green Combe Oxfordshire
Received 27 Mar 2025Lancotta Lancott Lane Brighthampton Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7QJ
Received 27 Mar 2025New House Poffley End Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9UW
Received 27 Mar 2025Unit A Ventura Park Broadshires Way Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 1AD
Received 27 Mar 2025Unit A Ventura Park Broadshires Way Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 1AD
Received 27 Mar 2025Land East Of Monahan Way Carterton Oxfordshire
Received 27 Mar 202535 New Yatt Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1NX
Received 27 Mar 2025Manor Farm House Taynton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4UB
Received 27 Mar 20254 Tanners Court Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3RP
Received 27 Mar 202594 Eton Close Witney Oxfordshire OX28 3GB
Received 27 Mar 202582 Abingdon Road Standlake Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7RN
Received 28 Mar 202515 Crawley Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1HX
Received 28 Mar 202517 Pearce Drive Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5HY
Received 28 Mar 20252 South View Dean Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3LB
Received 28 Mar 2025Cricket Ground High Street Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6DG
Received 28 Mar 2025The Old Barn House Upper Milton Milton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6EX
Received 28 Mar 2025Land (E) 428631 (N) 204548 Burford Road Black Bourton Bampton Oxfordshire
Received 28 Mar 2025Sheehan Recycled Aggregates Plant Dix Pit Linch Hill Stanton Harcourt Oxfordshire OX29 5BB
Received 28 Mar 2025The Bell Inn 21 Standlake Road Ducklington Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7UP
Received 27 Mar 202541 Curbridge Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 5JU
Received 28 Mar 20252 Lipscombe Place Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 1EP
Received 28 Mar 202549 Dovehouse Close Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4EW
Received 28 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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