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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Museum Resource Centre Cotswold Dene Standlake Oxfordshire OX29 7QG
Received 17 Dec 2025Gilgen Witney Road Finstock Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3DF
Received 17 Dec 2025Hartley 46 Wroslyn Road Freeland Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8HH
Received 18 Dec 202578 Station Road South Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6XN
Received 18 Dec 20254 Kingham Drive Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3HU
Received 18 Dec 2025Arc (concrete) Ltd Linch Hill Stanton Harcourt Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5SB
Received 17 Dec 2025No Oven Cottage Chipping Norton Road Little Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4JF
Received 18 Dec 2025No Oven Cottage Chipping Norton Road Little Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4JF
Received 18 Dec 20253 Ripley Avenue Minster Lovell Witney Oxfordshire OX29 0RP
Received 18 Dec 2025Land South Of Burford Road Minster Lovell Oxfordshire
Received 18 Dec 2025Land At Tar Farm Tar Road Stanton Harcourt Oxfordshire
Received 18 Dec 202511 Langston Close Churchill Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6QT
Received 19 Dec 2025Home Farmhouse Steeple Barton Bicester Oxfordshire OX25 4QN
Received 19 Dec 2025Home Farmhouse Steeple Barton Bicester Oxfordshire OX25 4QN
Received 19 Dec 20253 Church Farm Court Bull Street Aston Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2BS
Received 19 Dec 20251 Wilmot Close Witney Oxfordshire OX28 5NL
Received 19 Dec 2025Rowell Yard West Street Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5EU
Received 19 Dec 20252 Manor Road Ducklington Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7YA
Received 19 Dec 202511 Park Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1SJ
Received 19 Dec 202511 Park Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1SJ
Received 19 Dec 20256 The Covert Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1UU
Received 22 Dec 2025St Michaels And All Angels Church Lower End Leafield Oxfordshire OX29 9QJ
Received 22 Dec 202598 Cowells Road Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1GB
Received 22 Dec 2025Stonehaven Bell Lane Cassington Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4DS
Received 22 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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