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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 The Homestead Bladon Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1XA
Received 28 Oct 2025Land At (E) 429862 (N) 226882 Kennels Lane Chipping Norton Oxfordshire
Received 28 Oct 2025Trinity House 3 Park Farm Court Lower End Alvescot Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2FU
Received 29 Oct 2025New Barn Farm Ditchley Park Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4EX
Received 29 Oct 2025New Barn Farm Ditchley Park Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4EX
Received 29 Oct 2025Red House Witney Lane Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9PG
Received 29 Oct 2025Land North East Of The Row Little Faringdon Oxfordshire
Received 29 Oct 202561 Mirfield Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 5BH
Received 31 Oct 20252 Beaumont Green Sutton Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5AA
Received 29 Oct 2025New Cottage Church End Swerford Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4AX
Received 29 Oct 2025Land East Of Tabanus Cottage Lew Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire
Received 30 Oct 2025College Farm Yelford Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7QX
Received 30 Oct 202512 New Road Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8BG
Received 30 Oct 202516 Oxford Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1TS
Received 30 Oct 2025The Woodman Inn New Yatt Road North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6TT
Received 30 Oct 202516 Oxford Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1TS
Received 30 Oct 2025Alma Grove Park Road Combe Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8NA
Received 30 Oct 202514 Union Way Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6HD
Received 30 Oct 20259 Church Green Witney Oxfordshire OX28 4AZ
Received 5 Nov 2025168 Wadards Meadow Witney Oxfordshire OX28 3TZ
Received 31 Oct 2025Dash Grange Leafield Road Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6EA
Received 30 Oct 2025Singe Farm Akeman Street Ramsden Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3AY
Received 31 Oct 2025Rosedale Cottage Ham Lane Aston Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2DE
Received 31 Oct 2025Ilott Cottage Swinbrook Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4ED
Received 31 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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