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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 West End Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5EX
Received 26 Jan 2026Ferndale New Yatt Road North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6TN
Received 26 Jan 20262 Witney Lane Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9PG
Received 26 Jan 2026Southberries Cross Tree Lane Filkins Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3JL
Received 26 Jan 2026Lords Cottage 2A Queen Street Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4HQ
Received 26 Jan 2026Beaufort Green Lane North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6TW
Received 26 Jan 2026The Presbytery 171 The Hill Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4RE
Received 26 Jan 2026Moorlands Farm New Yatt Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6TE
Received 27 Jan 2026Abbey Park House Abbey Street Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4HR
Received 26 Jan 2026Street Record Hawthorn Road Eynsham Oxfordshire
Received 26 Jan 2026Springhill Farm High Cogges Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6UL
Received 27 Jan 2026Land South West Of The Old School New Town Little Compton Oxfordshire
Received 27 Jan 2026Quartern The Heath Milton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6LG
Received 27 Jan 2026Blaythorne Farm Cross's Lane Chadlington Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3NE
Received 27 Jan 2026Fieldview Ham Lane Aston Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2DE
Received 27 Jan 2026Hitchmans Mews Albion Street Chipping Norton Oxfordshire
Received 27 Jan 2026The Old Barn Jericho Farm Worton Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4SZ
Received 27 Jan 2026Fawler Manor Main Road Fawler Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3AH
Received 27 Jan 2026Windrush Medical Practice Windrush Health Centre Welch Way Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6JS
Received 27 Jan 2026Village Hall Swinbrook Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4DY
Received 27 Jan 202625 New Road Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9TZ
Received 27 Jan 2026Shirleys Farm Delly End Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9XD
Received 27 Jan 2026Broad Close Little Tew Road Church Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4NL
Received 27 Jan 20261 Wychwood View Woodstock Road Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3ET
Received 28 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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