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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Woodland View Churchfields Stonesfield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8PP
Received 15 Apr 202632 - 34 Mill Street Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4JS
Received 15 Apr 2026Land North East Of The Row Little Faringdon Oxfordshire
Received 15 Apr 202614 Milestone Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3RE
Received 15 Apr 2026Doctors House Church Path Station Road Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6BQ
Received 15 Apr 202645 Sheep Street Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4LS
Received 15 Apr 202611 Crawley Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1HX
Received 15 Apr 2026Fairspear Hill Farm Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9NY
Received 16 Apr 2026Hillside Station Road Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6UH
Received 16 Apr 2026Hunters Farm Middletown Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9UB
Received 16 Apr 2026Hunters Farm Middletown Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9UB
Received 16 Apr 202630 Bear Close Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1JU
Received 16 Apr 20264 - 5 High Street Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5AB
Received 16 Apr 2026Street Record Peel Close Ducklington Witney Oxfordshire
Received 16 Apr 2026Swallows Barn 1 Rousham Road Tackley Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 3BB
Received 16 Apr 2026The Donkey House 120 North Street Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7DA
Received 16 Apr 202615 Church Lane Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7BX
Received 17 Apr 2026Bluewood Park Churchill Heath Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6UJ
Received 17 Apr 2026Faraway Barn 7 Chillford Barns Churchill Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6FF
Received 17 Apr 2026Manor Farm Little Rollright Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5QA
Received 17 Apr 2026Manor Farm Little Rollright Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5QA
Received 17 Apr 202627 The Sands Milton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6EP
Received 17 Apr 2026The Old Barn Worton Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4SY
Received 17 Apr 20263 Brook Lane Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1BP
Received 17 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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