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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Red Lion Hotel The Square Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4HW
Received 15 Jun 2026Paddock View 38 The Crescent Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3SJ
Received 15 Jun 2026Red Lion Hotel The Square Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4HW
Received 15 Jun 2026Kingsgate Cote Road Aston Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2BP
Received 15 Jun 2026The Old Stables Mill Lane Alvescot Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2QJ
Received 15 Jun 202619 Park Lane Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1UD
Received 15 Jun 202627 Burswin Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 1DZ
Received 15 Jun 202636 Common Road North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6RA
Received 15 Jun 202636 Common Road North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6RA
Received 15 Jun 202619 - 20 High Street Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5AD
Received 15 Jun 2026Swinbrook Court 70 Langdale Gate Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6FN
Received 15 Jun 2026Yew Tree Cottage Bicester Road Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4NH
Received 15 Jun 202614 Acer Close Bradwell Village Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4XE
Received 16 Jun 2026Adrian White Building Supplies Ltd Gill Mill Quarry Standlake Road Ducklington Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7PP
Received 15 Jun 20261 Robinson Lane Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7AQ
Received 16 Jun 202610 Northfield Farm Lane Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1UA
Received 17 Jun 202614 Parklands Freeland Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8HX
Received 19 Jun 202614 Alvescot Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3JH
Received 17 Jun 2026The Old Farm Swinbrook Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4DY
Received 18 Jun 2026Carters Barn 24 Plum Lane Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6DZ
Received 18 Jun 2026Carters Barn 24 Plum Lane Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6DZ
Received 18 Jun 202611 Willows Edge Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4QD
Received 18 Jun 2026Land At West Witney Downs Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire
Received 27 Jul 2026Barn At Grid Reference Easting 446667 Northing 221352 Fox Hill Tackley Oxfordshire
Received 19 Jun 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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