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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Viner Close Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1EP
Received 3 Nov 20253 Giernalls Road Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9TY
Received 3 Nov 2025The Granary 8 Aston Road Brighthampton Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7QW
Received 3 Nov 2025The Plough 98 High Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6HL
Received 3 Nov 2025The Plough 98 High Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6HL
Received 3 Nov 2025Shakenoak Home Windmill Road North Leigh Oxfordshire OX29 6SP
Received 3 Nov 20258 New Lincoln Meadow Standlake Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7SP
Received 3 Nov 2025Building Known As Threshing Barn Home Farm Kelmscott Oxfordshire
Received 3 Nov 2025Building Known As Threshing Barn Home Farm Kelmscott Oxfordshire
Received 3 Nov 202517 - 19 West Street Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5EU
Received 3 Nov 2025Little Crimea New Road Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4AQ
Received 3 Nov 2025Loves House New Road Sutton Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5RT
Received 4 Nov 20253 All Souls Cottages Main Road Stanton Harcourt Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5RW
Received 4 Nov 2025Land North Of Woodstock Road Charlbury Oxfordshire
Received 4 Nov 2025Highmoor House Primrose Lane Weald Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2HY
Received 3 Nov 2025The Stores Market Square Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2JJ
Received 4 Nov 202513 Marlborough Crescent Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1YJ
Received 4 Nov 2025Pippins 6 High Street Milton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6LA
Received 4 Nov 2025Ivy House Church Lane Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3PX
Received 4 Nov 2025Tanyard Tanners Lane Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4HJ
Received 4 Nov 2025134 Bracken Close Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 1TG
Received 5 Nov 2025Upham House 14A The Lanes Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2JG
Received 5 Nov 2025Land (E) 438738 (N) 212506 Witney Road North Leigh Oxfordshire
Received 5 Nov 2025Land (e) 429027 (N) 207682 Miles Drive Brize Norton Oxfordshire
Received 5 Nov 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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