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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Manor Farm House Taynton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4UB
Received 19 Aug 2025Manor Farm House Taynton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4UB
Received 19 Aug 2025Land Between 46 And 48 South Street Middle Barton Oxfordshire
Received 19 Aug 2025Ambury Close Farm Barnard Gate Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6XE
Received 19 Aug 20251 Bury Barn Cottages Lechlade Road Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4JF
Received 19 Aug 2025Alma Grove Park Road Combe Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8NA
Received 19 Aug 2025Karinya Churchfields Stonesfield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8PP
Received 21 Aug 2025Durhams Farm Chastleton Moreton-In-Marsh Oxfordshire GL56 0SZ
Received 19 Aug 2025Taston Barn Taston Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3JL
Received 19 Aug 202526 Riverside Gardens Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6DD
Received 19 Aug 20253 Blacksmiths Court Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6GE
Received 19 Aug 202582 Burwell Drive Witney Oxfordshire OX28 5LZ
Received 20 Aug 2025Honey Bee Cottage 45 The Green Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4DB
Received 20 Aug 2025Woodside White Oak Green Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9XP
Received 20 Aug 2025Poplar Cottage Main Street Clanfield Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2SP
Received 20 Aug 202573 Well Lane Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7PB
Received 19 Aug 2025Paddock View Chapel Lane Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4LY
Received 20 Aug 2025Bell Hotel Church Street Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3PP
Received 21 Aug 2025Bell Hotel Church Street Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3PP
Received 21 Aug 2025Rosie Close Kencot Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3QT
Received 21 Aug 2025Land South East Of Cassington Mill Eynsham Road Cassington Oxfordshire
Received 21 Aug 202524 Ansell Way Milton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6LU
Received 26 Aug 20253 Mill Street Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4JX
Received 21 Aug 2025Appletree House Ledwell Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7AN
Received 21 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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