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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
104 The Crofts Witney Oxfordshire OX28 4AG
Received 27 Feb 2026Springhill Lodge Spelsbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3JR
Received 27 Feb 2026The Harcourt Arms Main Road Stanton Harcourt Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5RJ
Received 27 Feb 2026Greenacres Upper Milton Milton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6EY
Received 27 Feb 2026Eyston Piece Swinbrook Road Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6DU
Received 27 Feb 2026The Fox Inn 27 Enstone Road Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7BL
Received 2 Mar 2026The Fox Inn 27 Enstone Road Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7BL
Received 2 Mar 202621 Mill Meadow Ducklington Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7AY
Received 2 Mar 2026Tyte Orchard Tyte End Great Rollright Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5RR
Received 2 Mar 2026Wessex Lodge 15 Green Lane Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1JY
Received 2 Mar 2026St Edwards Church Enstone Road Westcote Barton Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7AA
Received 2 Mar 20262 Busby Close Stonesfield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8EU
Received 2 Mar 2026Old Rectory Church End Swerford Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4AX
Received 2 Mar 2026Woodleys House Woodleys Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1HJ
Received 2 Mar 20266 Burr Close Sutton Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5SJ
Received 3 Mar 2026Woodgreen Comprehensive School Woodstock Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1DX
Received 3 Mar 2026Wychwood Garage Fairspear Road Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9NU
Received 3 Mar 2026Land North Of Lince Lodge Blenheim Park Woodstock Oxfordshire
Received 3 Mar 2026112 Langdale Gate Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6EY
Received 3 Mar 2026Land North East Of Meadow Place Bushey Drive Clanfield Oxfordshire
Received 3 Mar 2026Cardwell Farm Hook Norton Road Great Rollright Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5SB
Received 3 Mar 202614 Woodstock Road Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3ES
Received 3 Mar 2026Loves House New Road Sutton Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5RT
Received 3 Mar 2026Queen Anne House Church Lane Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3PX
Received 3 Mar 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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