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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Willows Cheltenham Road Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4PJ
Received 31 Jul 2025No Oven Cottage Chipping Norton Road Little Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4JF
Received 31 Jul 2025Hix Cottage Hixet Wood Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3SB
Received 31 Jul 202544 Black Bourton Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3HE
Received 31 Jul 2025The Retreat Swinbrook Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4EE
Received 31 Jul 2025Bell House Chipping Norton Road Little Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4JF
Received 31 Jul 202518 Wychwood Close Milton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6JB
Received 1 Aug 2025Waterside Court Witan Way Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6FE
Received 1 Aug 2025Trots Brook Plum Lane Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6DZ
Received 1 Aug 2025Folly Bridge Bladon Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1LE
Received 1 Aug 2025Folly Bridge Bladon Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1LE
Received 1 Aug 2025Durhams Farm Chastleton Moreton-In-Marsh Oxfordshire GL56 0SZ
Received 1 Aug 2025Home Farm Barn Kencot Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3QX
Received 1 Aug 2025Morris Memorial Hall Kelmscott Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3HG
Received 1 Aug 2025Taillards Barn Gagingwell Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4EF
Received 1 Aug 2025Matchless House Hitchmans Mews Albion Street Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5BN
Received 4 Aug 202518 The Leys Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5HH
Received 4 Aug 2025Hunters Lodge High Street Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6DG
Received 4 Aug 2025Woodlands The Slade Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3TL
Received 4 Aug 2025Stone Lodge Milton Road Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6BD
Received 4 Aug 2025The Cottage Dancers Hill Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3RZ
Received 4 Aug 20254 Crafts Mill Terrace Lewis Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5JP
Received 5 Aug 2025Woody Lane House Woody Lane Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3EY
Received 4 Aug 202511 Tothill Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6BX
Received 5 Aug 2025Records 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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