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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Paddock Shores Green Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6UU
Received 18 Nov 202519 Burford Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3AG
Received 18 Nov 2025Rectory Farm Church Road Northmoor Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5SX
Received 18 Nov 2025Land North Of 1 Davis Close Stonesfield Oxfordshire
Received 18 Nov 202519A Woodlands Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 2DP
Received 18 Nov 2025The Gables Bell Lane Cassington Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4DS
Received 18 Nov 2025Cross Trees Cross Tree Lane Filkins Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3JL
Received 18 Nov 20252 Manor Road Ducklington Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7YA
Received 19 Nov 2025Old Farm 30 High Street Finstock Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3DW
Received 19 Nov 202510 Bushey Row Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2JU
Received 19 Nov 202510 Bushey Row Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2JU
Received 19 Nov 2025Allotment Barn East Of Butchers Hill Great Tew Oxfordshire
Received 19 Nov 20251 Thames Gardens Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3QH
Received 19 Nov 2025Toddy End 1 Regent Court Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5PJ
Received 19 Nov 20251 School Cottages Church Street Wootton Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1EB
Received 19 Nov 20251 School Cottages Church Street Wootton Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1EB
Received 19 Nov 2025Fieldside House Broadwell Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3QS
Received 19 Nov 20257 Hensington Road Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1JQ
Received 20 Nov 2025The Plough Main Road Alvescot Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2PU
Received 20 Nov 2025The Plough Main Road Alvescot Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2PU
Received 20 Nov 2025Land North Of Hill Rise Woodstock Oxfordshire
Received 21 Nov 2025Land North Of Hill Rise Woodstock Oxfordshire
Received 21 Nov 2025Redthorne House 38 Mill Street Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4JU
Received 21 Nov 20251 Brooks Row Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9QW
Received 21 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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