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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 High Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6XP
Received 7 Nov 202544 Brook Hill Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1XH
Received 10 Nov 2025St Mary Magdalene Church Park Street Woodstock Oxfordshire
Received 10 Nov 20253 Insall Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5LF
Received 10 Nov 2025Land South Of Glebe Cottage Lew Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire
Received 10 Nov 202538 Newland Mill Witney Oxfordshire OX28 3SZ
Received 10 Nov 2025The Yews Chapel End Swerford Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4BQ
Received 10 Nov 2025Hyne Jones Field Church Enstone Oxfordshire
Received 13 Nov 2025Heath Cottage Witney Road Finstock Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3DF
Received 11 Nov 2025Jasmine Cottage 15 Medcroft Road Tackley Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 3AH
Received 11 Nov 2025South View Cottage Back Lane Aston Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2DQ
Received 11 Nov 2025The Cottage Church Street Fifield Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6HQ
Received 11 Nov 20254 Blenheim Court High Street Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4NU
Received 11 Nov 2025Windward House Carrick Road Curbridge Business Park Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7AF
Received 11 Nov 202511 Hewitts Close Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9QN
Received 11 Nov 2025Owls View Shipton Road Milton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6JT
Received 11 Nov 20252 Glyme Way Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8JT
Received 12 Nov 2025Myrtles Cottage High Street Ramsden Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3AU
Received 12 Nov 202552 Millwood End Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8BY
Received 12 Nov 2025Tackley Village Hall Medcroft Road Tackley Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 3AH
Received 12 Nov 202544 Saxel Close Aston Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2EB
Received 12 Nov 20253 Applegarth Court Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6PE
Received 12 Nov 202536 Orchard Way Witney Oxfordshire OX28 4EW
Received 13 Nov 20258 Acre End Street Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4PA
Received 13 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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