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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Angel 14 Witney Street Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4SN
Received 21 Jan 202619 Pittick Close Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8FU
Received 21 Jan 2026The Byre Primrose Lane Weald Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2JA
Received 27 Jan 2026The Orchard Queen Street Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2LP
Received 21 Jan 2026The Meeting Room Bradwell Grove Village Hall Woodside Drive Bradwell Village Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4XB
Received 21 Jan 2026Home Farm Kelmscott Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3HD
Received 21 Jan 202660 West End Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1NF
Received 21 Jan 2026The Tack Rooms Kennels Lane Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5YE
Received 21 Jan 2026Ferndale New Yatt Road North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6TN
Received 22 Jan 20266 Petre Cottages Foscot Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6RR
Received 22 Jan 2026Chestergate Frog Lane Milton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6JZ
Received 22 Jan 2026Talbot Cottage Coxs Lane Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4LF
Received 22 Jan 2026Shilton House The Hill Shilton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4AG
Received 22 Jan 2026Maplewood Barn Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4BU
Received 22 Jan 2026Land East Of Tabanus Cottage Lew Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire
Received 22 Jan 2026Knibbs Barn 90 Manor Road Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1XL
Received 23 Jan 2026Knibbs Barn 90 Manor Road Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1XL
Received 23 Jan 2026Grey Barn High Street Ramsden Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3AU
Received 23 Jan 2026Bagnor 3 High Fields Milton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6WL
Received 23 Jan 202637 Hensington Road Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1JH
Received 23 Jan 20261 Four Winds Wards Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5BU
Received 23 Jan 2026Field Farm Church Road North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6TX
Received 23 Jan 20262 Forest Close Milton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6JD
Received 23 Jan 2026Sarsden Cottage Sarsden Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6PS
Received 23 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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