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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Castles Yard Pytts Lane Burford Oxfordshire
Received 8 Sept 2025The Old Warehouse 51 Woodgreen Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1DD
Received 8 Sept 2025Oxford Witney Hotel Ducklington Lane Witney Oxfordshire OX28 4EX
Received 8 Sept 2025Former Station Garage Station Road Kingham Oxfordshire
Received 8 Sept 2025Land South Of Hit Or Miss Farm Banbury Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire
Received 8 Sept 202517 The Green Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3QA
Received 8 Sept 2025Mill View Cassington Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4DB
Received 9 Sept 2025School House Middletown Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9UB
Received 9 Sept 20258 St Nicholas Road Tackley Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 3BH
Received 9 Sept 2025Dewlands Church End Great Rollright Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5RX
Received 8 Sept 2025Land North Of Green End Chadlington Oxfordshire
Received 9 Sept 2025Bould Farm Bould Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6RT
Received 10 Sept 2025Bould Farm Bould Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6RT
Received 10 Sept 2025The Hirsell Field Assarts Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9NQ
Received 10 Sept 20251 Broadwell Drive Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3GD
Received 10 Sept 2025Enstone Airfield Industrial Estate South Enstone Airfield Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4NP
Received 3 Sept 2025West Oxfordshire Sailing Club Stanton Harcourt Oxfordshire
Received 10 Sept 2025Controlled Reclamation Landfill Site Dix Pit Linch Hill Stanton Harcourt Oxfordshire
Received 8 Sept 2025Milestones Main Street Over Norton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5PH
Received 10 Sept 20251 Limbeck Way Stonesfield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8FJ
Received 10 Sept 2025Rookery Court Church Road Church Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8AB
Received 10 Sept 20253 The Homestead Bladon Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1XA
Received 10 Sept 2025Delly End Farm Delly End Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9XD
Received 10 Sept 2025The Granary Home Farm Main Street Over Norton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5PU
Received 10 Sept 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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