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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wilkins House Hailey Avenue Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5JL
Received 5 Jun 2025Saddlers House New Yatt Lane New Yatt Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6TF
Received 9 Jun 2025Land West Of Colt House Aston Road Bampton Oxfordshire
Received 9 Jun 2025Land West Of Colt House Aston Road Bampton Oxfordshire
Received 9 Jun 2025Ashtree House Weald Street Weald Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2HL
Received 5 Jun 202585A Oxford Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1TL
Received 6 Jun 2025Soho Farmhouse Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4JS
Received 18 Jun 2025Recreation Ground New Street Chipping Norton Oxfordshire
Received 9 Jun 2025Feathers Hotel 16 - 20 Market Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1SX
Received 9 Jun 2025Charlbury House Woodstock Road Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3EX
Received 9 Jun 2025156 Manor Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 3SS
Received 9 Jun 2025Coronation Cottage East End Chadlington Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3LX
Received 10 Jun 2025Land North Of Foxwood Close Aston Bampton Oxfordshire
Received 10 Jun 2025Woodleys House Woodleys Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1HJ
Received 10 Jun 2025Bridewell Farm Wilcote Road North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6QN
Received 10 Jun 2025Pinewood 89 Lower End Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9QG
Received 10 Jun 20253 Woodleys Cottages Woodleys Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1HJ
Received 10 Jun 2025Land West Of Witney North Of A40 And East Of Downs Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire
Received 10 Jun 2025Land South Of North Street Farm North Street Aston Bampton Oxfordshire
Received 10 Jun 2025Cromwells House 28 High Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1TG
Received 10 Jun 2025Cromwells House 28 High Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1TG
Received 10 Jun 202535A Queen Street Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4HH
Received 11 Jun 202577 Oxlease Witney Oxfordshire OX28 3QY
Received 11 Jun 2025Tadpole Farm Taynton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4TZ
Received 11 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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