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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Southwolds 22 Tanners Lane Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4NB
Received 23 Jun 20253 Blenheim Cottages Burford Road Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6DW
Received 24 Jun 2025The Old Farm Swinbrook Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4DY
Received 24 Jun 2025Bluebells Hawthorn Road Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4NT
Received 24 Jun 2025Greensleeves Blackditch Stanton Harcourt Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5SB
Received 24 Jun 2025145 Queens Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3XY
Received 24 Jun 2025Land South Of Burford Road Minster Lovell Oxfordshire
Received 24 Jun 2025Gentle Cottage Cote Lane Taston Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3JJ
Received 24 Jun 2025Wychwood Garage Fairspear Road Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9NU
Received 24 Jun 2025Holly Cottage 26 Shipton Road Ascott Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6AF
Received 25 Jun 2025Pond Farmhouse Witney Road Finstock Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3DE
Received 25 Jun 2025The White House Charlbury Road Fawler Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3AF
Received 25 Jun 2025Kencot House Kencot Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3QX
Received 25 Jun 2025Lodge Cottage Church View Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2NE
Received 25 Jun 2025Unit 4-5 Windrush Park Road Windrush Industrial Park Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7DZ
Received 25 Jun 2025Wychwold Upper End Fulbrook Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4BX
Received 25 Jun 2025Gilgen Witney Road Finstock Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3DF
Received 25 Jun 202511 Woodlands Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 2DP
Received 26 Jun 2025Forge Cottage Church Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4NN
Received 26 Jun 2025South Lawn Farm South Lawn Swinbrook Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4EN
Received 26 Jun 2025Windrush Leisure Centre Witan Way Witney Oxfordshire OX28 4YA
Received 1 Jul 202582 Early Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1EU
Received 26 Jun 2025Delly End Farm Delly End Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9XD
Received 26 Jun 2025Woodgreen Comprehensive School Woodstock Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1DX
Received 27 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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