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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
145 Queens Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3XY
Received 15 Sept 2025The Firs Station Road Alvescot Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2PS
Received 15 Sept 2025Cartref 21 Witney Street Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4RX
Received 15 Sept 202510 Pound Field Road Aston Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2FR
Received 15 Sept 202560 High Street Finstock Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3DW
Received 15 Sept 2025Ramsden House Akeman Street Ramsden Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3AX
Received 15 Sept 202573 Oxford Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1TJ
Received 15 Sept 2025Linden House 93 High Street Standlake Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7RH
Received 15 Sept 2025Bluewood Park Churchill Heath Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6UJ
Received 15 Sept 2025Land (E) 429047 (N) 210136 Asthall Burford Oxfordshire
Received 15 Sept 202575A High Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6JA
Received 15 Sept 2025Car Park Rear Of 58 West End Witney Oxfordshire
Received 15 Sept 2025Land North Of Home Farm Chastleton Oxfordshire
Received 16 Sept 20255 Mitford Cottages Westwell Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4JU
Received 16 Sept 202585 High Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6HY
Received 16 Sept 2025114 High Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6HT
Received 16 Sept 2025114 High Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6HT
Received 16 Sept 2025Royal Oak High Street Ramsden Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3AU
Received 16 Sept 202513 Park Farm Place Northmoor Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5BF
Received 16 Sept 2025Car Park At Countrywide Storage Hook Norton Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire
Received 16 Sept 2025The Masons Arms Bampton Road Clanfield Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2RG
Received 17 Sept 202515 Hill Rise Great Rollright Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5SW
Received 17 Sept 2025Combe House Park Road Combe Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8NG
Received 17 Sept 2025Cartref 21 Witney Street Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4RX
Received 17 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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