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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 South Of Burford Road Minster Lovell Oxfordshire
Received 12 Jan 2026Mill House Hotel Station Road Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6UH
Received 12 Jan 2026Mill House Hotel Station Road Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6UH
Received 12 Jan 2026Land (E) 426743 (N) 206772 Alvescot Road Carterton Oxfordshire
Received 13 Jan 2026The Old School House Little Faringdon Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3QN
Received 13 Jan 202638 The Leys Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5HH
Received 12 Jan 2026Handcroft Farm Lower End Ramsden Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3AZ
Received 13 Jan 20264 Hunts Close Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4HU
Received 13 Jan 2026Mill View Cassington Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4DB
Received 14 Jan 20262 Fishers Close Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9QL
Received 14 Jan 202643 Millwood End Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8BW
Received 14 Jan 2026Recreation Ground Tanners Lane Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4NA
Received 15 Jan 2026Tulip Tree House 40 The Avenue Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4AL
Received 15 Jan 2026Tulip Tree House 40 The Avenue Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4AL
Received 15 Jan 2026The Firs 85 North Street Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7BZ
Received 15 Jan 2026Southfield House South End Great Rollright Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5RF
Received 15 Jan 2026Kibbles Pound Hill Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3QN
Received 15 Jan 202630 West End Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5EX
Received 15 Jan 2026Street Record Gagingwell Chipping Norton Oxfordshire
Received 21 Oct 2025The Meeting House 54 New Street Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5LJ
Received 15 Jan 20265 Bartholomew Close Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4QG
Received 15 Jan 2026Street Record Corn Hide Long Hanborough Oxfordshire
Received 16 Jan 202639 Main Road Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8BD
Received 16 Jan 2026Cotswold Gateway Hotel 216 The Hill Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4HX
Received 16 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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