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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lothlorien 4 Swan Lane Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8BT
Received 14 Aug 20251 Barn End Weald Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2HL
Received 14 Aug 2025Forge Garage Church Road Churchill Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6NJ
Received 13 Aug 20258 St Nicholas Road Tackley Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 3BH
Received 14 Aug 2025Orchard House New Road Sutton Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5RT
Received 14 Aug 202546 Hailey Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1HE
Received 14 Aug 202514 Woodstock Road Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3ES
Received 14 Aug 2025Fairspear Hill Farm Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9NY
Received 15 Aug 2025Old George House The Green Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9NP
Received 15 Aug 202560 Frethern Close Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4NU
Received 15 Aug 2025Treedwellers Witney Road Finstock Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3DF
Received 15 Aug 202546A Market Square Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6AL
Received 15 Aug 202546A Market Square Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6AL
Received 15 Aug 20252 Mount Pleasant Swinbrook Road Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6DT
Received 15 Aug 2025Soho Farmhouse Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4JS
Received 15 Aug 2025The Woodman Inn New Yatt Road North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6TT
Received 15 Aug 2025Coldron Mill Church Lane Spelsbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3JU
Received 15 Aug 2025Land North Of Hill Rise Woodstock Oxfordshire
Received 15 Aug 202552 Milestone Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3RG
Received 18 Aug 202568 Corn Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6BS
Received 18 Aug 202551 Wroslyn Road Freeland Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8HJ
Received 18 Aug 2025Well End Church Road Churchill Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6NJ
Received 18 Aug 202516 Ampney Orchard Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2AD
Received 20 Aug 20259 Churchill Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5HR
Received 18 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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