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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kelmscott Manor Kelmscott Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3HJ
Received 11 Feb 202637 Woodstock Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1EB
Received 11 Feb 2026The Great Lodge 34 Witney Street Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4SN
Received 11 Feb 2026Land South Of Hays House Church Street Kingham Oxfordshire
Received 12 Feb 2026Home Farm Barn Kencot Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3QX
Received 12 Feb 202611 Chedworth Drive Witney Oxfordshire OX28 5FS
Received 17 Feb 2026The Great Barn Manor Road Sandford St Martin Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7AG
Received 12 Feb 2026Stone Cottage 34 School Road Finstock Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3DJ
Received 12 Feb 2026Land North Of The Bungalows Burford Road Witney Oxfordshire
Received 12 Feb 2026Austins Farm High Street Stonesfield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8PU
Received 12 Feb 2026Woodleys House Woodleys Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1HJ
Received 12 Feb 2026Old School House Station Road Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4HX
Received 12 Feb 2026Amelia Cottage 48 High Street Milton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6LE
Received 12 Feb 2026April Cottage Daylesford Road Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6YE
Received 12 Feb 202610 Hangar Close Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7BN
Received 12 Feb 20265A West End Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1NG
Received 13 Feb 202637 Newland Street Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4LB
Received 13 Feb 202637 Newland Street Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4LB
Received 13 Feb 2026Orchard Court Ledwell Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7AN
Received 13 Feb 2026St Marys Church Church Street Charlbury Oxfordshire OX7 3PX
Received 16 Feb 2026The Ferns 3 Cozens Lane Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6YZ
Received 16 Feb 2026Red Lion Hotel The Square Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4HW
Received 16 Feb 2026Red Lion Hotel The Square Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4HW
Received 16 Feb 2026Barn Corner Filkins Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3JG
Received 16 Feb 2026Records 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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