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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Charlbury Community Centre Enstone Road Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3PQ
Received 30 Apr 2025Hill Cottage 6 Jacobs Yard Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7BY
Received 30 Apr 20252A Witney Road Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4PG
Received 30 Apr 2025The Gables 36 Newland Street Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4LA
Received 30 Apr 20252 St Josephs Court Bampton Road Aston Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2BU
Received 1 May 20254 Church Green Witney Oxfordshire OX28 4AW
Received 1 May 20251 Chadlington Road Spelsbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3JT
Received 1 May 20252 Mount Pleasant Swinbrook Road Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6DT
Received 1 May 202522 Church Road Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8JE
Received 1 May 2025Rose Cottage East End Chadlington Oxfordshire
Received 2 May 2025Land East Of Kearsey Court Charlbury Oxfordshire
Received 2 May 2025Land West Of The Nursery 6 Oxford Road Eynsham Oxfordshire
Received 2 May 2025Wychwood Garage Fairspear Road Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9NU
Received 2 May 2025Roebuck Stables 7 Sturt Farm Courtyard Oxford Road Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4ET
Received 6 May 20254 Manor Farm Cottages Upper End Fulbrook Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4BX
Received 6 May 2025Heythrop Park Hotel Heythrop Park Heythrop Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5UE
Received 6 May 202576 London Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5FN
Received 6 May 2025Evenlode House 21 Elm Crescent Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3PZ
Received 6 May 202546A Queen Emmas Dyke Witney Oxfordshire OX28 4DU
Received 6 May 2025Down Hill Farm Worton Road Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7EG
Received 6 May 20255 Macray Road Ducklington Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7YF
Received 6 May 2025Starveall Farm Woodleys Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1HL
Received 6 May 2025Starveall Farm Woodleys Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1HL
Received 6 May 2025125B Brize Norton Road Minster Lovell Witney Oxfordshire OX29 0SH
Received 13 May 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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