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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lees Rest Woodstock Road Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3EU
Received 29 Jun 2026Dutton Cottage Lew Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7PD
Received 29 Jun 2026The Coach House Willowbank 4 Oxford Road Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4HG
Received 29 Jun 2026Land At Former Home Close Farm Shilton Road Burford Oxfordshire
Received 30 Jun 2026108 North Street Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7DA
Received 30 Jun 2026Cotswolds Hotel And Spa Southcombe Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5QH
Received 29 Jun 2026Solaise 14 Wootton End Stonesfield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8EP
Received 8 Jul 202691 Wroslyn Road Freeland Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8HL
Received 30 Jun 2026The Grove Over Worton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7ER
Received 30 Jun 202680 Eton Close Witney Oxfordshire OX28 3GB
Received 1 Jul 2026The Gate House 1 Ball Lane Tackley Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 3AG
Received 1 Jul 2026Abingdon And Witney College Pitts Lane Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9UU
Received 1 Jul 2026Park House Lower End Alvescot Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2QA
Received 1 Jul 2026Dornfield House 32A North Street Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7BJ
Received 1 Jul 202626 Church View Freeland Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8HT
Received 1 Jul 2026Land (E) 429494 (N) 207689 Monahan Way Carterton Oxfordshire
Received 2 Jul 2026Fourwinds Woodstock Road Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3ET
Received 6 Jul 2026Land At Little Cranehill Copse Charlbury Oxfordshire
Received 2 Jul 2026Manor Farm House Taynton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4UB
Received 2 Jul 20263 The Homestead Bladon Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1XA
Received 3 Jul 2026Manor Farm House Taynton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4UB
Received 3 Jul 2026Manor Farm House Taynton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4UB
Received 3 Jul 2026The Mansion Ditchley Park Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4ER
Received 3 Jul 20261 The Green Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5DH
Received 3 Jul 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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