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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
113 High Street Finstock Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3DA
Received 18 May 2026Manor Farm Main Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7NT
Received 18 May 2026Cedar House Church Street Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6BP
Received 18 May 2026Cedar Lodge Church Street Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6BP
Received 18 May 2026Cedar Lodge Church Street Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6BP
Received 18 May 2026Ashfield 7 Aston Road Brighthampton Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7QW
Received 18 May 2026Greystone Delly End Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9XD
Received 18 May 2026Burford Golf Club Lechlade Road Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4JG
Received 18 May 2026Kilmore House Church Close Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2LZ
Received 18 May 2026Hollyhock Cottage Church Road Northmoor Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5SX
Received 18 May 2026Cottenham Farm Deddington Road Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4DF
Received 18 May 2026Land At E425131 N212639 Fulbrook Oxfordshire
Received 18 May 2026Scrap Yard Rear Of 58 West End Witney Oxfordshire
Received 18 May 2026Upton Downs Farm Upton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4LY
Received 18 May 2026Land Northwest Of 6 Milestone Road Milestone Road Carterton Oxfordshire
Received 19 May 2026Greystone Delly End Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9XD
Received 19 May 202642 Ampney Orchard Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2AE
Received 19 May 2026Pyrton Farm Station Road Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6BJ
Received 21 May 20262 Viner Close Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1EP
Received 19 May 2026Manor Farm Cottages Sandford St Martin Road Westcote Barton Oxfordshire
Received 19 May 202646 Brook Hill Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1XH
Received 19 May 2026Tackley Village Hall Medcroft Road Tackley Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 3AH
Received 19 May 202643 Marshall Crescent Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7HA
Received 20 May 202643 Marshall Crescent Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7HA
Received 20 May 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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