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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brooklands Nurseries 47 Shilton Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 1EN
Received 16 May 2025Quartern The Heath Milton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6LG
Received 16 May 2025Taillards Barn Gagingwell Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4EF
Received 16 May 2025Tumanako 2 Manor Court Chadlington Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3LW
Received 16 May 2025Quebec Cottage Cheapside Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2JL
Received 19 May 2025Broadstone Farm Ditchley Road Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3QT
Received 19 May 2025Waterside Barn 4 Shillbrook Manor Bampton Road Black Bourton Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2PD
Received 19 May 202537 Edgeworth Drive Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3LN
Received 19 May 2025Hobbs Hole Farm Ledwell Road Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4DN
Received 19 May 2025Taillards Barn Gagingwell Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4EF
Received 19 May 202529 Burwell Meadow Witney Oxfordshire OX28 5JG
Received 16 May 2025Travelodge Bury Barn Lechlade Road Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4JF
Received 19 May 2025Land West Of Ferndale New Yatt Road North Leigh Oxfordshire
Received 22 May 2025Chestnuts 3 Bushey Row Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2JX
Received 19 May 2025Two Hoots Barn Middletown Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9UB
Received 13 May 20255 Edington Square Witney Oxfordshire OX28 5YT
Received 19 May 20255 Newland Street Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4LB
Received 19 May 2025Homeleaze Farm Radcot Road Grafton Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2RY
Received 20 May 202511 Sturt Road Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3EP
Received 20 May 2025Siemens Magnet Technology Ltd Wharf Road Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4BP
Received 20 May 202543 Crawley Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1HX
Received 21 May 2025Wagtails Enstone Road Westcote Barton Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7AB
Received 20 May 2025Field House 6 Church Lane Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9UD
Received 23 May 2025Land Parcel South Of Kingsway Cottages Bampton Road Aston Bampton Oxfordshire
Received 20 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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