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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Worton Road Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7EE
Received 21 Apr 2026Glovers Yard The Cross Stonesfield Oxfordshire OX29 8QU
Received 22 Apr 2026Jolly Sportsman 2 Lombard Street Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4HT
Received 22 Apr 2026Highmoor House Primrose Lane Weald Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2HY
Received 22 Apr 20266 Weald Manor Farmyard Weald Street Weald Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2HW
Received 22 Apr 2026Witney Service Station Welch Way Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6JL
Received 22 Apr 20261 Wychwood Court London Lane Ascott Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6AN
Received 22 Apr 20261 Wychwood Court London Lane Ascott Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6AN
Received 22 Apr 2026Headmasters House Cokethorpe School Cokethorpe Park Ducklington Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7PU
Received 22 Apr 2026Land West Of Derrymerrye Farm Old Witney Road Eynsham Oxfordshire
Received 22 Apr 20266 Bitterell Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4JL
Received 23 Apr 2026The Old Rectory Nether Kiddington Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1BY
Received 23 Apr 20269 Hill Rise Great Rollright Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5SW
Received 22 Apr 2026Land West Of Crundel Rise Witney Oxfordshire
Received 23 Apr 2026The Dower House Plum Lane Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6DZ
Received 23 Apr 202662 Burwell Meadow Witney Oxfordshire OX28 5JQ
Received 23 Apr 202618 Wilcox Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5LE
Received 23 Apr 2026Fulwell Farm House Fulwell Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4EN
Received 23 Apr 202627 Acre End Street Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4PF
Received 24 Apr 202618 Park Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1SP
Received 27 Apr 202618 Park Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1SP
Received 24 Apr 2026Soho Farmhouse Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4JS
Received 28 Apr 202623 Hurst Lane Freeland Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8JA
Received 24 Apr 202632 Westland Way Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1YF
Received 24 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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