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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land North Of Woodstock Road Charlbury Oxfordshire
Received 29 Dec 2025Malt House West End Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6YL
Received 29 Dec 202521 Giernalls Road Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9TY
Received 30 Dec 2025Walnut Cottage Church Street Stonesfield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8PS
Received 30 Dec 202523 William Bliss Avenue Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5LT
Received 30 Dec 202559 Marlborough Crescent Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8JR
Received 2 Jan 2026Tyte Orchard Tyte End Great Rollright Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5RR
Received 2 Jan 2026University Farm Witney Road Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9UH
Received 24 Dec 2025Chaucers House 28 Park Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1SP
Received 2 Jan 2026Shed North Of Walled Garden Blenheim Park Woodstock Oxfordshire
Received 5 Jan 2026Little Faringdon Mill Little Faringdon Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3QQ
Received 5 Jan 20266 Church Lane Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5NS
Received 5 Jan 2026Land West Of Glebe Cottage Lew Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire
Received 6 Jan 2026Herons Reach Fox Lane Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7BS
Received 6 Jan 2026Land North Of Witney Road Long Hanborough Oxfordshire
Received 6 Jan 2026The Old Manor Shilton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4AS
Received 5 Jan 202619 Bury Mead Stanton Harcourt Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5SD
Received 7 Jan 20267A Greenfield Road Stonesfield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8EQ
Received 7 Jan 2026Cot Farm Cottage School Lane Little Minster Minster Lovell Witney Oxfordshire OX29 0RS
Received 7 Jan 2026Sunset View Caravan Park New Town Little Compton Moreton-In-Marsh Oxfordshire GL56 0SL
Received 7 Jan 2026Land South East Of Hickman Landscapes Ltd Shipton Road Fulbrook Burford Oxfordshire
Received 7 Jan 2026Stonecroft East End Chadlington Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3LX
Received 7 Jan 2026Tulip Tree House 40 The Avenue Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4AL
Received 7 Jan 20266 Thames View Kelmscott Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3HE
Received 7 Jan 2026Records 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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