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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kiln House Old London Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5XD
Received 13 May 202533 Gloucester Place Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6LB
Received 13 May 2025Spelsbury House Church Lane Spelsbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3JR
Received 13 May 2025Car Park Area And Toilets On Land South Of Stanton Harcourt Road Witney Oxfordshire
Received 13 May 2025Woodgreen Comprehensive School Woodstock Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1DX
Received 13 May 202520 High Street Ascott Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6AW
Received 13 May 2025Wisteria Cottage 41 Taynton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4UH
Received 14 May 202521 Ashfield Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3QY
Received 14 May 20254 Water Brook View Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1FY
Received 14 May 2025Duck End Hook Norton Road Great Rollright Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5SB
Received 14 May 2025Manor Farm Radcot Road Grafton Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2RY
Received 14 May 202521 Wroslyn Road Freeland Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8HJ
Received 15 May 2025142 Main Road Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8JY
Received 14 May 2025Dower House Westhall Hill Fulbrook Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4BJ
Received 14 May 2025Woodleys House Woodleys Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1HJ
Received 14 May 2025Home Farm Kelmscott Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3HD
Received 14 May 2025St James Close Churchfields Stonesfield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8PP
Received 16 May 202533 New Road Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6YP
Received 16 May 20257 Kearsey Court Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3BF
Received 15 May 2025Kencot Manor Kencot Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3QU
Received 15 May 202525 Stanton Harcourt Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 3LE
Received 15 May 20255 New Lincoln Meadow Standlake Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7SP
Received 16 May 202529 Oxford Road Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1UN
Received 19 May 2025Glebe Cottage Church Lane Spelsbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3JR
Received 16 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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