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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Tungsten Park Colletts Way Witney Oxfordshire OX29 0AX
Received 14 Apr 2025Windrush Cottage Laughton Hill Stonesfield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8DY
Received 14 Apr 2025Mill View Cassington Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4DB
Received 14 Apr 2025Holbrook Farm East End North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6PX
Received 14 Apr 202534 Schofield Avenue Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1JN
Received 14 Apr 20252 Lovell Close Ducklington Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7YQ
Received 15 Apr 2025Pound Cottage West End Combe Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8NP
Received 15 Apr 202559 Wenrisc Drive Minster Lovell Witney Oxfordshire OX29 0RG
Received 15 Apr 2025The Byre Primrose Lane Weald Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2JA
Received 17 Apr 202521 Morris Close Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5UG
Received 15 Apr 2025Woody Lane House Woody Lane Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3EY
Received 16 Apr 2025The Great Barn Manor Road Sandford St Martin Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7AG
Received 16 Apr 2025The Dairy 126C North Street Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7DA
Received 16 Apr 2025Marlborough School Shipton Road Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1LP
Received 16 Apr 2025Carterton Leisure Centre Broadshires Way Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 1AA
Received 16 Apr 202519 Parsons Drive Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1GD
Received 16 Apr 2025Lakeside Industrial Park Cotswold Dene Standlake Oxfordshire OX29 7PL
Received 16 Apr 2025Little Window Cottage 2 Blacksmiths Court Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6GE
Received 16 Apr 202520 High Street Ascott Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6AW
Received 16 Apr 202541 St Johns Road Tackley Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 3AR
Received 25 Apr 202541 St Johns Road Tackley Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 3AR
Received 25 Apr 2025The Nook 8A Foxwood Close Aston Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2EA
Received 16 Apr 20254 Lymbrook Cottages Station Road South Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6XN
Received 22 Apr 2025The Homestead Frog Lane Milton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6JZ
Received 17 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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