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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Paddocks High Street Ascott Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6AW
Received 24 Apr 20261 Orchard Way Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7EZ
Received 24 Apr 20267 Hensington Road Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1JQ
Received 27 Apr 2026Rose Cottage 65 Butchers Hill Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4AD
Received 27 Apr 202611 Market Square Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6AB
Received 27 Apr 202611 Market Square Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6AB
Received 27 Apr 202646 Witney Road Ducklington Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7TX
Received 27 Apr 2026Bluewood Park Churchill Heath Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6UJ
Received 27 Apr 2026The Star 22 Market Place Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1TA
Received 27 Apr 2026The Star 22 Market Place Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1TA
Received 27 Apr 202647 South Street Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7BU
Received 27 Apr 2026Garden Cottage Fiddlers Hill Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6DR
Received 28 Apr 202614 Hill Rise Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1AA
Received 28 Apr 2026Wootton Place Church Street Wootton Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1EA
Received 28 Apr 2026Bristol House 35 Oxford Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1TH
Received 28 Apr 20263 Brook Lane Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1BP
Received 28 Apr 2026Durhams Farm Chastleton Moreton-In-Marsh Oxfordshire GL56 0SZ
Received 28 Apr 20261 - 2 Leys Farm Cottage Little Tew Road Church Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4HU
Received 29 Apr 20265 Lock Court Brize Norton Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 1NS
Received 29 Apr 2026Meadow Barn 17 Park Farm Place Northmoor Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5BF
Received 29 Apr 2026Fourwinds Woodstock Road Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3ET
Received 29 Apr 2026Land And Building South Of Cobbetts Close Eynsham Oxfordshire
Received 29 Apr 20266 Godwin Row Brize Norton Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 1NL
Received 29 Apr 2026The Barn Cottage Dean Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3LB
Received 29 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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