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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Coldron Mill Church Lane Spelsbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3JU
Received 3 Jun 2025105 High Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6HY
Received 2 Jun 2025Land West Of Fruitlands Eynsham Oxfordshire
Received 3 Jun 2025Stonesfield Manor Combe Road Stonesfield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8QB
Received 3 Jun 2025Herdsway House Worton Road Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7EE
Received 3 Jun 202511 Pound Field Road Aston Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2FR
Received 3 Jun 2025132 Brize Norton Road Minster Lovell Witney Oxfordshire OX29 0SQ
Received 4 Jun 202523 Union Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1JF
Received 4 Jun 2025Cogges Manor Farm Church Lane Witney Oxfordshire OX28 3LA
Received 4 Jun 202523A Regent Drive Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8FX
Received 4 Jun 202539 Sinnels Field Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6EJ
Received 4 Jun 2025Rams Head House Chapel Hill Wootton Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1DX
Received 4 Jun 2025Akeman Street Farm Akeman Street Combe Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8EW
Received 4 Jun 2025Haley Cottage 68 Church End South Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6UR
Received 6 Jun 2025Land North Of 1 Davis Close Stonesfield Oxfordshire
Received 4 Jun 2025Idbury House Cottage Idbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6RU
Received 4 Jun 2025Kings Head House Chapel Hill Wootton Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1DX
Received 12 Jun 2025Cotswolds Hotel And Spa Southcombe Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5QH
Received 5 Jun 2025Land North Of 1 Davis Close Stonesfield Oxfordshire
Received 4 Jun 2025Rock Hill House Rock Hill Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5BA
Received 5 Jun 2025Glebe Cottage The Ridings Stonesfield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8EB
Received 5 Jun 2025Kitebrook Preparatory School Kitebrook House Little Compton Moreton-In-Marsh Oxfordshire GL56 0RP
Received 5 Jun 2025Kitebrook Preparatory School Kitebrook House Little Compton Moreton-In-Marsh Oxfordshire GL56 0RP
Received 5 Jun 202518 Westcote Close Witney Oxfordshire OX28 5FF
Received 4 Jun 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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