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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Battle Hill 9 Tanners Lane Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4NA
Received 16 Oct 2025The Pavilion Lower End Leafield Oxfordshire OX29 9QH
Received 17 Oct 2025Quarry Hill Farm Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6UG
Received 16 Oct 202510 Enstone Road Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7BN
Received 16 Oct 2025The Green Church Road Northmoor Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5SX
Received 17 Oct 2025St Marys Church Church Street Shipton Under Wychwood Oxfordshire OX7 6BP
Received 16 Oct 2025High Croft Farm Witney Road Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9UJ
Received 17 Oct 202511 Park Farm Place Northmoor Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5BF
Received 17 Oct 2025Southfields 4 Puck Lane Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6LD
Received 17 Oct 202523 Gloucester Place Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6LA
Received 17 Oct 202519 High Street Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5AD
Received 17 Oct 202533 Gloucester Place Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6LB
Received 17 Oct 2025New Yatt Farm Farm Lane New Yatt Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6TQ
Received 17 Oct 202515 Hurst Lane Freeland Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8JA
Received 21 Oct 202535A Queen Street Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4HH
Received 20 Oct 2025Standlake Manor House 41 High Street Standlake Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7RH
Received 20 Oct 2025Standlake Manor House 41 High Street Standlake Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7RH
Received 20 Oct 20251 New Yatt Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1NU
Received 20 Oct 2025Land Adjacent To Kencott Cottages Kencot Oxfordshire
Received 28 Oct 2025Tew Park New Road Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4AJ
Received 20 Oct 2025Land South West Of Chapel Lane Standlake Oxfordshire
Received 20 Oct 2025Land North Of Home Farm Chastleton Oxfordshire
Received 20 Oct 2025RAF Brize Norton Carterton Road Brize Norton Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3LX
Received 20 Oct 202523 Littlebrook Meadow Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6EL
Received 20 Oct 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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