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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Walled Garden Wilcote Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3DT
Received 9 Jul 2026Janabia Church View Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2NE
Received 9 Jul 2026The Shrubbery 26 High Street Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4HB
Received 9 Jul 20268 Stanway Close Witney Oxfordshire OX28 5GA
Received 9 Jul 2026Broadhill Playgroup 131 Hailey Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1HL
Received 15 Jul 202638 Mary Ellis Way Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7BH
Received 10 Jul 20267 Cadogan Park Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1UW
Received 10 Jul 20261 Weavers Bridge House Priory Mill Lane Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1YG
Received 10 Jul 2026Kingham County Primary School The Green Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6YD
Received 10 Jul 2026Barn Southwest Of Hill Barn Farm Laughton Hill Stonesfield Oxfordshire
Received 10 Jul 2026Land North East Of The Old School House Little Faringdon Oxfordshire
Received 10 Jul 2026Land North Of Holliers Crescent Middle Barton Oxfordshire
Received 10 Jul 2026Tar Farmhouse Tar Road Stanton Harcourt Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5AL
Received 10 Jul 2026Galliards Hixet Wood Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3SB
Received 10 Jul 202619 Ditchley Road Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3QS
Received 10 Jul 2026Flight Hill Farm Flight Hill Sandford St Martin Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7AW
Received 13 Jul 2026Flight Hill Farm Flight Hill Sandford St Martin Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7AW
Received 13 Jul 202627 South Lawn Witney Oxfordshire OX28 5HY
Received 13 Jul 202619 Beanhill Road Ducklington Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7XZ
Received 13 Jul 20261 Foxbury Lane Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 1HY
Received 13 Jul 2026Sparrow Hall 34 Akeman Street Combe Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8NX
Received 13 Jul 20262 Westland Way Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1YF
Received 13 Jul 2026Rose Cottage The Meetings Little Tew Oxfordshire OX7 4JN
Received 13 Jul 2026Freeland Methodist Church Wroslyn Road Freeland Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8AQ
Received 14 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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