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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gardeners Cottage Sarsden Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6PL
Received 24 Oct 2025Gardeners Cottage Sarsden Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6PL
Received 24 Oct 2025Cuckoo Wood Caravan Park Eynsham Road Freeland Oxfordshire
Received 24 Oct 2025Pear Tree Cottage Aston Road Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2AG
Received 24 Oct 2025April Cottage Daylesford Road Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6YE
Received 24 Oct 2025Appletrees Thames Street Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3QQ
Received 27 Oct 2025The Great Barn Manor Road Sandford St Martin Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7AG
Received 27 Oct 202514 Pumbro Stonesfield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8QF
Received 27 Oct 2025The Great Barn Manor Road Sandford St Martin Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7AG
Received 27 Oct 2025Lutleys Taston Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3JL
Received 27 Oct 202553 Swinbrook Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 1DY
Received 27 Oct 202527 Boundary Close Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1LR
Received 27 Oct 2025Car Park Rear Of 58 West End Witney Oxfordshire
Received 27 Oct 202596 Cowells Road Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1GB
Received 27 Oct 2025Land West Of Derrymerrye Farm Old Witney Road Eynsham Oxfordshire
Received 27 Oct 2025Charlbury House Woodstock Road Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3EX
Received 27 Oct 2025Goodfellows Filkins Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3JG
Received 28 Oct 2025Land East Of Fawler Road Charlbury Oxfordshire
Received 28 Oct 2025The Hydes Pitts Lane Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9UT
Received 28 Oct 2025St Marys Church Church Lane Witney Oxfordshire OX28 3LA
Received 28 Oct 2025The Bungalow Barnard Gate Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6XE
Received 29 Oct 2025Unit 4-5 Windrush Park Road Windrush Industrial Park Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7EX
Received 28 Oct 202514 Pembroke Place Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2EZ
Received 3 Nov 2025Starveall Farm Woodleys Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1HL
Received 28 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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