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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
17 Manor Farm Close Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6YX
Received 4 Dec 2025Ashford Mill Farm East End North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6QQ
Received 4 Dec 2025Frankswell House Fishers Lane Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3RX
Received 4 Dec 2025Flat 1 Weavers Barn 21 Waine Rush View Witney Oxfordshire OX28 4WU
Received 4 Dec 2025Unit 6 Marriotts Walk Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6GW
Received 5 Dec 2025Furze Platts Blenheim Park Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1HF
Received 4 Dec 2025110 Langdale Gate Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6EY
Received 4 Dec 2025The Barn Cottage Dean Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3LB
Received 5 Dec 2025The Stables Pigeon House Lane Freeland Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8AG
Received 5 Dec 2025Caravan Allen Building And Construction Compound New Town Little Compton Moreton-In-Marsh Oxfordshire GL56 0SL
Received 5 Dec 2025Lodge Cottage Church View Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2NE
Received 5 Dec 2025Old Chapel Cottage East End North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6PX
Received 5 Dec 2025Field Farm Church Road North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6TX
Received 5 Dec 2025Shuttles Cottage Chapel Road South Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6UP
Received 8 Dec 2025Land (E) 443212 (N) 208788 East Of Pink Hill Lane Eynsham Oxfordshire
Received 8 Dec 2025Land East Of Isabelle Spencer Way Witney Oxfordshire
Received 8 Dec 2025Land East Of Isabelle Spencer Way Witney Oxfordshire
Received 8 Dec 2025Gate Cottage Chapel Lane Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2JT
Received 8 Dec 2025Land East Of Isabelle Spencer Way Witney Oxfordshire
Received 8 Dec 2025Land East Of Isabelle Spencer Way Witney Oxfordshire
Received 8 Dec 2025Bridewell Farm Wilcote Road North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6QN
Received 8 Dec 2025The Great Barn Oxford Road Old Chalford Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5QR
Received 8 Dec 2025The Great Barn Oxford Road Old Chalford Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5QR
Received 8 Dec 202534 Milestone Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3RG
Received 8 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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