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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Charlbury House Woodstock Road Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3EX
Received 18 Jul 2025Land At (E) 441112 (N) 205508 Stanton Harcourt Industrial Estate Stanton Harcourt Oxfordshire
Received 18 Jul 2025Land East Of Isabelle Spencer Way Witney Oxfordshire
Received 18 Jul 2025Land West Of Witney North Of A40 And East Of Downs Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire
Received 18 Jul 2025Woodside High Street Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6DG
Received 18 Jul 2025Bradshaws Kelmscott Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3HD
Received 18 Jul 202583 Vanner Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1LL
Received 18 Jul 2025Frewin 61 New Road Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1PA
Received 18 Jul 2025Valley Cottage Mill Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5JW
Received 18 Jul 2025Wagon Wheel Cottage Charlbury Road Spelsbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3LG
Received 21 Jul 2025Greenacres 32 Park Road North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6RX
Received 21 Jul 2025The Willows Eynsham Road Cassington Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4DF
Received 21 Jul 2025University Farm Witney Road Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9UH
Received 21 Jul 2025Upper Farm Cleveley Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4DX
Received 21 Jul 2025Upper Farm Cleveley Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4DX
Received 21 Jul 2025Plough Cottage Kelmscott Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3HG
Received 21 Jul 2025Land North East Of Hanborough Road Eynsham Oxfordshire
Received 21 Jul 2025Land North East Of Hanborough Road Eynsham Oxfordshire
Received 21 Jul 2025Old Rectory Church End Swerford Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4AX
Received 22 Jul 2025The Old Vicarage Witney Road Finstock Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3DG
Received 22 Jul 202511 Donnington Close Witney Oxfordshire OX28 5FR
Received 22 Jul 2025Oak House Aston Road Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2BH
Received 22 Jul 2025Hill Farmhouse Taston Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3JL
Received 22 Jul 2025Dellfield 90 Brize Norton Road Minster Lovell Witney Oxfordshire OX29 0SG
Received 23 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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