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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Swan Lane Close Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4SP
Received 11 Aug 2025Flat 6 Filkins Hall Filkins Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3JJ
Received 11 Aug 2025Hazel Cottage Church Lane Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3PX
Received 12 Aug 20251 Barn End Weald Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2HL
Received 12 Aug 2025Salus House Milton Road Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6BD
Received 12 Aug 2025Salus House Milton Road Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6BD
Received 12 Aug 20251 Woodstock Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1EA
Received 12 Aug 202511 Castle Road Wootton Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1EQ
Received 12 Aug 20254 Butlers Drive Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3QU
Received 12 Aug 2025Autumn House 149A Wroslyn Road Freeland Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8HR
Received 12 Aug 2025Willow Cottage 41 Witney Street Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4RX
Received 13 Aug 2025Land West Of Witney North Of A40 And East Of Downs Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire
Received 13 Aug 202535 Oxlease Witney Oxfordshire OX28 3QZ
Received 13 Aug 2025Leafield Technical Centre Langley Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9EF
Received 13 Aug 2025Unit 1 Nursery Road North Leigh Business Park North Leigh Oxfordshire OX29 6SN
Received 13 Aug 2025The Driving Centre Enstone Airfield Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4DR
Received 13 Aug 2025The Driving Centre Enstone Airfield Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4DR
Received 13 Aug 2025Amy Johnson House Ventura Park Broadshires Way Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 1AD
Received 14 Aug 2025Tower Barn 2 Home Farm Barns Main Road Alvescot Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2PU
Received 14 Aug 2025Land At New Close Lane Ducklington Witney Oxfordshire
Received 14 Aug 2025114 Corn Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6BU
Received 14 Aug 2025Fairacres Standlake Road Northmoor Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5AY
Received 14 Aug 2025Treedwellers Witney Road Finstock Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3DF
Received 14 Aug 2025Treedwellers Witney Road Finstock Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3DF
Received 14 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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