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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Mill Coach House 95 Witney Street Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4RX
Received 10 Sept 2025Talbot Farm Thames Street Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3QQ
Received 11 Sept 2025Talbot Farm Thames Street Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3QQ
Received 11 Sept 2025Threshing Barn Myrtle Farm Court 1C Main Road Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8LP
Received 11 Sept 2025Threshing Barn Myrtle Farm Court 1C Main Road Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8LP
Received 11 Sept 2025106 The Crofts Witney Oxfordshire OX28 4AG
Received 11 Sept 20251 Lime Tree Cottages Weald Street Weald Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2HL
Received 11 Sept 2025Chapel House Filkins Road Langford Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3LW
Received 11 Sept 202523 Witney Road Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8BH
Received 18 Sept 2025Chipping Norton Library Goddards Lane Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5NP
Received 11 Sept 2025Wytons 41 The Green Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4DB
Received 11 Sept 2025Wytons 41 The Green Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4DB
Received 11 Sept 20256 Marshall Close Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5JH
Received 12 Sept 202525 St Marys Court Weald Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2HX
Received 12 Sept 2025Dower House Chastleton Moreton-In-Marsh Oxfordshire GL56 0SU
Received 12 Sept 20256 The Homestead Bladon Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1XA
Received 11 Sept 2025The Evenlode Old Witney Road Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4PS
Received 12 Sept 2025Gigley Farm Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9UZ
Received 12 Sept 2025Gigley Farm Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9UZ
Received 12 Sept 20258 Ditchley Road Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3QS
Received 12 Sept 2025Stone Cottage Fawler Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3AL
Received 12 Sept 2025Bracken Cottage 103 Lower End Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9QG
Received 12 Sept 2025Upper Close Farm Ledwell Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7AN
Received 12 Sept 2025The Pyramid House Church Lane Spelsbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3JR
Received 15 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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