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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Wychwood Court London Lane Ascott Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6AN
Received 31 Mar 2026Dashwood House Shipton Road Milton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6JH
Received 31 Mar 2026The White House Lyneham Road Milton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6LW
Received 2 Apr 20266 Manor Close Aston Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2DD
Received 31 Mar 202680 St Johns Road Tackley Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 3AR
Received 31 Mar 202645 Taynton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4UH
Received 31 Mar 202645 Taynton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4UH
Received 31 Mar 20262 Ridings Bungalows The Ridings Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9NW
Received 1 Apr 202637 Hensington Road Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1JH
Received 1 Apr 2026Litchfield Farm Lidstone Road Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4HH
Received 1 Apr 2026Wysdom Hall 115 High Street Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4RG
Received 1 Apr 2026Wysdom Hall 115 High Street Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4RG
Received 1 Apr 202612 Lower End Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9QJ
Received 1 Apr 2026Street Record The Lanes Bampton Oxfordshire
Received 1 Apr 2026Abingdon And Witney College Pitts Lane Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9UU
Received 1 Apr 20269 Beaumont Green Sutton Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5AA
Received 2 Apr 202637 Burford Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6DP
Received 15 Apr 202643 Mayfield Close Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3QR
Received 10 Apr 2026Cowleaze New Town Little Compton Moreton-In-Marsh Oxfordshire GL56 0SL
Received 2 Apr 2026Furzey Hall Farm Filkins Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3QZ
Received 2 Apr 20263 Church View Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2NE
Received 2 Apr 20261 Taynton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4UH
Received 2 Apr 2026Cricket Ground High Street Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6DG
Received 1 Apr 2026Tar Farmhouse Tar Road Stanton Harcourt Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5AL
Received 2 Apr 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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