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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Brasenose Villas The Green Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5DJ
Received 22 Dec 202531 Hawthorn Drive Bradwell Village Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4XF
Received 22 Dec 202510 New Lincoln Meadow Standlake Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7SP
Received 5 Jan 2026Hillside Church Street Wootton Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1DS
Received 22 Dec 2025The Mill Hardwick Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7QE
Received 22 Dec 20256 Littlebrook Meadow Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6EL
Received 22 Dec 2025East View 194 The Hill Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4QY
Received 22 Dec 2025Laurel Mount 4 North Street Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7BJ
Received 22 Dec 2025Land South Of Swan Lane Burford Oxfordshire
Received 23 Dec 2025The Stone House Church Street Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3PP
Received 23 Dec 2025Village Farm House 23 Church Lane Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7BX
Received 23 Dec 2025The Band Hall Filkins Road Langford Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3LW
Received 23 Dec 202515 High Street Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5AE
Received 23 Dec 202515 High Street Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5AE
Received 23 Dec 2025McDonalds Ducklington Lane Witney Oxfordshire OX28 4JF
Received 23 Dec 202539 Saywell Crescent Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4FX
Received 24 Dec 2025Green Farm South Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6XF
Received 23 Dec 202536 Davenport Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6EJ
Received 24 Dec 202518 Park Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1SP
Received 24 Dec 202518 Park Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1SP
Received 23 Dec 2025The Old Farm Swinbrook Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4DY
Received 24 Dec 2025The Gables Oxford Road Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4PQ
Received 24 Dec 20253 Renown Court Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8GB
Received 24 Dec 202519 Quarry Close Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4LJ
Received 29 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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