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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Kenelms Church Old Minster Lovell Minster Lovell Oxfordshire OX29 0RR
Received 8 Aug 2025Bramble Cottage 7 Rockhill Farm Court Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5AU
Received 6 Aug 202520 North Street Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7BJ
Received 6 Aug 20256 The Grange Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6XY
Received 8 Aug 2025The Driving Centre Enstone Airfield Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4DR
Received 8 Aug 2025The Driving Centre Enstone Airfield Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4DR
Received 8 Aug 2025Magpie Farm Enstone Road Heythrop Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5TS
Received 8 Aug 2025The Presbytery 171 The Hill Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4RE
Received 8 Aug 202512 Tothill Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6BX
Received 8 Aug 202518 The Homestead Carterton Road Brize Norton Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3LY
Received 8 Aug 2025Mayhall Cottage 9 Manor Farm Close Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6YX
Received 11 Aug 2025Ambury Close Farm Barnard Gate Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6XE
Received 11 Aug 2025Cross Trees Cross Tree Lane Filkins Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3JL
Received 11 Aug 2025Cross Trees Cross Tree Lane Filkins Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3JL
Received 11 Aug 2025Walnut Cottage Sandford St Martin Road Westcote Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7AD
Received 11 Aug 202591 Wroslyn Road Freeland Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8HL
Received 11 Aug 202591 Wroslyn Road Freeland Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8HL
Received 11 Aug 20252 Orchard Mews Main Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7NW
Received 11 Aug 2025Land South Of Woody Lane House Woody Lane Charlbury Oxfordshire
Received 11 Aug 2025The Hand And Shears Church Road Church Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8AB
Received 11 Aug 2025Balliol House Church Street Wootton Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1DH
Received 11 Aug 2025Rowell Yard West Street Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5EU
Received 11 Aug 202519 The Green Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3QA
Received 11 Aug 2025Bell House Chipping Norton Road Little Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4JF
Received 11 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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