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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Cooper Close Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5BQ
Received 17 Apr 2025Street Record Worcester Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire
Received 17 Apr 2025Jersey House Church Road Church Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8AA
Received 17 Apr 202519 Burford Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3AG
Received 17 Apr 2025Standlake Manor House 41 High Street Standlake Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7RH
Received 17 Apr 2025New Yatt Farm Farm Lane New Yatt Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6TQ
Received 22 Apr 202534 Wilmot Close Witney Oxfordshire OX28 5NL
Received 23 Apr 2025West Cottage Standlake Road Northmoor Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5AZ
Received 22 Apr 202523 Bury Mead Stanton Harcourt Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5SD
Received 22 Apr 2025The Granary Cassington Mill Eynsham Road Cassington Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4DB
Received 23 Apr 202510 Park Lane Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1UD
Received 1 May 202510 Park Lane Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1UD
Received 1 May 2025The Small House 79 North Street Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7BZ
Received 23 Apr 2025Old Vicarage Park Road Combe Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8NA
Received 23 Apr 2025Fairspear Farm Fairspear Road Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9NT
Received 23 Apr 2025Car Park At Countrywide Storage Hook Norton Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire
Received 24 Apr 2025Duck End Hook Norton Road Great Rollright Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5SB
Received 24 Apr 202516 Jeffs Terrace Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3RF
Received 24 Apr 2025Land South Of Heath Holm New Yatt Oxfordshire
Received 24 Apr 2025First Floor Unit 1 Des Roches Square Witney Oxfordshire OX28 4BE
Received 24 Apr 2025Mill House Hotel Station Road Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6UH
Received 24 Apr 2025Turner House 2 Wheelwright Court Ham Lane Aston Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2DE
Received 25 Apr 202520 Taynton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4UH
Received 25 Apr 2025Shipton Leys High Street Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6DG
Received 25 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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