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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Matchless House Hitchmans Mews Albion Street Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5BN
Received 6 Feb 202616 St Michaels Close Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6BE
Received 28 Jan 2026Wessex Lodge 15 Green Lane Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1JY
Received 28 Jan 2026Street Record Swin Lane Swinbrook Oxfordshire
Received 28 Jan 2026Land South West Of The Old School New Town Little Compton Oxfordshire
Received 28 Jan 202623 The Leys Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5HJ
Received 28 Jan 2026Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church London Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5AX
Received 27 Jan 202616 Kingham Road Churchill Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6NE
Received 27 Jan 2026Viners House Church Lane Shilton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4AE
Received 28 Jan 2026Ladbrook Barn Duns Tew Road Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7DF
Received 28 Jan 2026Tulip Tree House 40 The Avenue Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4AL
Received 29 Jan 2026Tulip Tree House 40 The Avenue Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4AL
Received 29 Jan 2026Churchill House Wychwood Close Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3TB
Received 29 Jan 202680 - 82 Station Road Brize Norton Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3QB
Received 29 Jan 202613 Collett Drive Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2FW
Received 29 Jan 2026Barn East Of Allens Cottage Swin Lane Swinbrook Oxfordshire
Received 29 Jan 2026Land West Of Swinbrook Road Carterton Oxfordshire
Received 29 Jan 2026Land Northeast Of Greystone Business Unit 1 Burford Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire
Received 13 Feb 2026Old Post Office Manor Road Sandford St Martin Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7AG
Received 29 Jan 2026Land At (E) 441652 (N) 205889 Main Road Stanton Harcourt Oxfordshire
Received 30 Jan 2026Lee Place Hixet Wood Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3SD
Received 30 Jan 2026The Hermitage Broad Street Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2LY
Received 30 Jan 2026Broughton Poggs Mill House Broughton Poggs Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3JH
Received 30 Jan 2026Land North East Of Burford Road Brize Norton Oxfordshire
Received 29 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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