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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Queen Emmas Dyke Witney Oxfordshire OX28 4DS
Received 19 Jun 2025Broughton Poggs Mill House Broughton Poggs Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3JH
Received 19 Jun 2025Broughton Poggs Mill House Broughton Poggs Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3JH
Received 19 Jun 2025Land North East Of Witney Road Finstock Oxfordshire
Received 20 Jun 2025Riverside House Little Faringdon Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3QQ
Received 19 Jun 2025Land South West Of Main Road Alvescot Oxfordshire
Received 19 Jun 2025Land North East Of Cherry Tree Cottage Main Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire
Received 19 Jun 2025St Marys C Of E Church Church Green Witney Oxfordshire OX28 4AW
Received 20 Jun 2025Annexe Mitchells Cottage Lower End Alvescot Oxfordshire OX18 2QA
Received 20 Jun 202510 Enstone Road Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7BN
Received 20 Jun 2025Soho Farmhouse Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4JS
Received 20 Jun 20251 Spelsbury Down Farm Cottages Dean Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3LD
Received 19 Jun 2025Street Record Manor Road Sandford St Martin Oxfordshire
Received 19 Jun 2025Land North Of Home Farm Chastleton Oxfordshire
Received 20 Jun 202561 Woodstock Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1EB
Received 20 Jun 2025Sperrings Witney Lane Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9PG
Received 20 Jun 20255 Glenmore Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 1TU
Received 23 Jun 2025124 Quarry Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1JT
Received 23 Jun 2025Stable To The Rear Of Valhalla Church Street Stonesfield Oxfordshire
Received 23 Jun 202512 Jordans Close Akeman Street Ramsden Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3AX
Received 23 Jun 20255 Orchard Rise Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4SZ
Received 23 Jun 202545 Brook Hill Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1XH
Received 23 Jun 2025Bay Tree House Cleveley Road Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4LW
Received 23 Jun 2025The Rickyard West End Chadlington Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3NJ
Received 24 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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