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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dower House Chastleton Moreton-In-Marsh Oxfordshire GL56 0SU
Received 27 Jun 2025Bampton House Bushey Row Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2JX
Received 27 Jun 2025Lothlorien 4 Swan Lane Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8BT
Received 27 Jun 2025Lower Farm Witney Lane Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9PG
Received 27 Jun 2025Land At Church End Swerford Chipping Norton Oxfordshire
Received 27 Jun 2025Land East Of 4 Meadow End Fulbrook Burford Oxfordshire
Received 27 Jun 202533 Burford Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6DP
Received 30 Jun 202533 Burford Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6DP
Received 30 Jun 2025Red House Witney Lane Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9PG
Received 30 Jun 2025Down Hill Farm Worton Road Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7EG
Received 30 Jun 20255 Ashfield Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3QY
Received 30 Jun 2025The Wood Store Shilton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4AP
Received 30 Jun 2025Foxbury Farm Burford Road Brize Norton Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3NX
Received 30 Jun 2025Moorland Centre 24 Dark Lane Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6LE
Received 30 Jun 2025Building 3 Windrush Park Road Windrush Industrial Park Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7EY
Received 30 Jun 2025Japonica Burford Road Minster Lovell Witney Oxfordshire OX29 0RZ
Received 30 Jun 2025Park House Over Worton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7ER
Received 30 Jun 2025Park House Over Worton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7ER
Received 30 Jun 2025Kitebrook Preparatory School Kitebrook House Little Compton Moreton-In-Marsh Oxfordshire GL56 0RP
Received 1 Jul 2025Old Gloving House Mill Lane Wootton Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1DJ
Received 1 Jul 2025Applecross 58A The Slade Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3SJ
Received 1 Jul 2025Land At Little Rissington Airfield Fifield Oxfordshire
Received 1 Jul 20254 Leys Approach Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5HE
Received 1 Jul 202513 Hill Close Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3SY
Received 1 Jul 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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