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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Maplewood Barn Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4BU
Received 2 Apr 202515 Hedge End Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1NP
Received 3 Apr 20255 Tilsley Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5JA
Received 3 Apr 202510 The Lanes Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2JG
Received 3 Apr 2025Shipton Lodge Cottage High Street Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6DG
Received 3 Apr 2025Ingleside East End North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6PZ
Received 2 Apr 2025Little Crimea New Road Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4AQ
Received 3 Apr 202511 Pound Field Road Aston Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2FR
Received 3 Apr 2025Greenbanks Frog Lane Milton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6JZ
Received 3 Apr 2025Cherwell Farm Chipping Norton Road Little Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4JL
Received 4 Apr 202538 Alvescot Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3JJ
Received 4 Apr 20259 - 11 High Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6HW
Received 4 Apr 2025Everards Washhouse 1A Chapel Lane North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6SD
Received 7 Apr 2025Everards Washhouse 1A Chapel Lane North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6SD
Received 7 Apr 2025The Old School House Chipping Norton Road Little Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4JE
Received 7 Apr 2025Land North East Of Station Yard The Leys Chipping Norton Oxfordshire
Received 7 Apr 2025Land (E) 429494 (N) 207689 Monahan Way Carterton Oxfordshire
Received 7 Apr 202513 Sturt Road Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3SX
Received 7 Apr 20251 Oakwood Place Lew Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7DG
Received 7 Apr 20251 The Paddocks Stonesfield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8GG
Received 8 Apr 2025Penhurst Gardens Care Home Penhurst Gardens Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5ED
Received 8 Apr 2025Land At E439311 N226476 Great Tew Oxfordshire
Received 7 Apr 2025Oban Bridge Street Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2HA
Received 8 Apr 2025Cotsmead Asthall Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9PX
Received 8 Apr 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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