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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Croft 4 Sweeps Lane Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4ND
Received 27 Nov 2025116 Brize Norton Road Minster Lovell Witney Oxfordshire OX29 0SQ
Received 27 Nov 2025The Gables 36 Newland Street Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4LA
Received 27 Nov 2025Kingham County Primary School The Green Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6YD
Received 27 Nov 2025St Leonards Place 15 Mill Street Eynsham Oxfordshire OX29 4JX
Received 27 Nov 2025Bridewell Farm Wilcote Road North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6QN
Received 27 Nov 2025Cartref 21 Witney Street Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4RX
Received 27 Nov 2025Huntsmans House 8 Kennels Lane Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5YE
Received 28 Nov 2025The Paddock Cote Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2EG
Received 28 Nov 2025The Old Rectory Nether Kiddington Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1BY
Received 28 Nov 2025The Plough 98 High Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6HL
Received 28 Nov 2025The Plough 98 High Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6HL
Received 28 Nov 2025Land Southwest Of West Witney Sports Ground Burford Road Witney Oxfordshire
Received 28 Nov 2025Middle Barton Primary School 27 Church Lane Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7BX
Received 28 Nov 2025Pavillion Cassington Road Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4LF
Received 1 Dec 2025Land South Of Lower End Alvescot Oxfordshire
Received 1 Dec 202547 Alvescot Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3JN
Received 1 Dec 20254 Gloucester Place Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6LA
Received 1 Dec 20254 Daisy Bank Green End Chadlington Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3NG
Received 1 Dec 20258 Fleming Drive Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7HH
Received 1 Dec 2025Freeland Methodist Church Wroslyn Road Freeland Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8AQ
Received 1 Dec 20252A Queens Close Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4HN
Received 1 Dec 2025The Steamworks 240 Main Road Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8LA
Received 1 Dec 202574 High Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6HL
Received 1 Dec 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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