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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Blowings Lea 155 Wroslyn Road Freeland Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8AL
Received 23 Jul 2025Caravan Allen Building And Construction Compound New Town Little Compton Moreton-In-Marsh Oxfordshire GL56 0SL
Received 23 Jul 2025Land North Of Home Farm Chastleton Oxfordshire
Received 23 Jul 2025Land North Of Home Farm Chastleton Oxfordshire
Received 23 Jul 2025Windrush Inn Burford Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6DJ
Received 22 Jul 2025Manor Farm Main Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7NT
Received 24 Jul 2025Manor Farm Main Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7NT
Received 24 Jul 202519 Cleveley Road Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4LN
Received 25 Jul 2025The Walled Garden Filkins Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3JJ
Received 25 Jul 202538 Heyford Close Standlake Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7TA
Received 24 Jul 2025Laurel Mount 4 North Street Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7BJ
Received 24 Jul 20259 - 11 High Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6HW
Received 24 Jul 202556 Oxford Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1TT
Received 24 Jul 202514 Witney Road Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8BJ
Received 24 Jul 202550 Sherbourne Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 5FH
Received 24 Jul 2025The Paddocks New Yatt Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6TE
Received 25 Jul 2025Chaucers House 28 Park Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1SP
Received 25 Jul 2025Quartern The Heath Milton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6LG
Received 25 Jul 202511 Ticknell Piece Road Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3TN
Received 25 Jul 202511 Nethercote Road Tackley Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 3AW
Received 28 Jul 202511 Nethercote Road Tackley Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 3AW
Received 28 Jul 2025Kiln House Old London Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5XD
Received 25 Jul 2025Kiln House Old London Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5XD
Received 25 Jul 2025Cemetery Thames Street Charlbury Oxfordshire
Received 25 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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