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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Market Square Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6AD
Received 11 Jun 20256 Abbey Street Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4HR
Received 11 Jun 2025Janabia Church View Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2NE
Received 11 Jun 2025Home Farm Kelmscott Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3HD
Received 11 Jun 202528 Mary Box Crescent Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7AP
Received 12 Jun 2025Windrush Cottage Hardwick Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7QE
Received 13 Jun 20255 Shipton Road Ascott Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6AF
Received 12 Jun 2025The Plough High Street Finstock Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3BY
Received 12 Jun 2025267 Manor Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 3UQ
Received 13 Jun 2025Land North Of 7 St Kenelms Close Minster Lovell Oxfordshire
Received 13 Jun 2025Wychwood Place The Ridings Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9NN
Received 13 Jun 20256 Ellis Lane Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5UA
Received 13 Jun 2025Barns Lane House Barns Lane Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4NE
Received 13 Jun 2025Allotment Barn East Of Butchers Hill Great Tew Oxfordshire
Received 13 Jun 2025Ivy Cottage Hixet Wood Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3SA
Received 13 Jun 202517 - 18 High Street Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5AD
Received 13 Jun 2025Land South Of Milestone Road Carterton Oxfordshire
Received 13 Jun 202548 Black Bourton Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3HE
Received 13 Jun 20255 Delly Close Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9XQ
Received 16 Jun 2025110 Oxford Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1TX
Received 16 Jun 2025Cedar Lodge Church Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4NL
Received 16 Jun 202563 Swinbrook Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 1DY
Received 16 Jun 2025Land South West Of Main Road Alvescot Oxfordshire
Received 16 Jun 2025Dower House Westhall Hill Fulbrook Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4BJ
Received 16 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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