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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bed And Breakfast The Shepherds Hall Witney Road Freeland Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8HQ
Received 10 Apr 202646 Millwood End Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8BY
Received 10 Apr 2026Little Faringdon Mill Little Faringdon Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3QQ
Received 10 Apr 202618 - 20 Market Place Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1TA
Received 10 Apr 2026107 High Street Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6HY
Received 10 Apr 20265 Sarsden Lodge Cottages Sarsden Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6PT
Received 13 Apr 2026Pummys Cottage 57 Sutton Lane Sutton Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5RY
Received 13 Apr 2026Alders Cottage High Street Ramsden Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3AU
Received 13 Apr 20264 Tetbury Drive Witney Oxfordshire OX28 5GF
Received 13 Apr 2026Kitesbridge Farm Ninety Cut Hill Asthall Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4HL
Received 13 Apr 2026Church Farm Moreton Lane Northmoor Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5SY
Received 13 Apr 2026Field View Woodgreen Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1DE
Received 13 Apr 2026Mill House Hotel Station Road Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6UH
Received 13 Apr 2026Diddly Squat Farm Shop Chipping Norton Road Chadlington Oxfordshire OX7 3PE
Received 13 Apr 2026Diddly Squat Farm Shop Chipping Norton Road Chadlington Oxfordshire OX7 3PE
Received 13 Apr 202619 Stanton Close Witney Oxfordshire OX28 5YX
Received 13 Apr 2026Field View Woodgreen Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1DE
Received 13 Apr 20261 Harolds Close Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9PU
Received 14 Apr 20262 Dunthrop Road Heythrop Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5TL
Received 14 Apr 202626 South Lawn Witney Oxfordshire OX28 5HX
Received 14 Apr 2026Unit 4-5 Windrush Park Road Windrush Industrial Park Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7EX
Received 14 Apr 2026Land At Tar Farm Tar Road Stanton Harcourt Oxfordshire
Received 14 Apr 2026Upper Farm Cleveley Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4DX
Received 15 Apr 2026Upper Farm Cleveley Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4DX
Received 15 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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