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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cornerstones Cheyne Lane Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2HB
Received 7 Aug 2026Karibu Cottage High Street Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2JR
Received 7 Aug 20263 Bankside Hanborough Business Park Long Hanborough Oxfordshire OX29 8LJ
Received 17 Aug 2026The Garage Horseshoe Lane Chadlington Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3NB
Received 7 Aug 2026High Gable Crawborough Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3TX
Received 7 Aug 202652 Mill Street Eynsham Witney Oxfordshire OX29 4JU
Received 7 Aug 2026Coachford House Swan Lane Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4SH
Received 7 Aug 2026Llanover Middletown Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9UB
Received 7 Aug 2026Eastward Bungalow 51 Lower End Leafield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9QH
Received 10 Aug 2026Little Faringdon Mill Little Faringdon Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3QQ
Received 7 Aug 20269 Whiteman Place Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4EZ
Received 10 Aug 2026Greystones 3 Back Lane Aston Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2DQ
Received 7 Aug 20263 Perrott Close North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6RU
Received 10 Aug 202667 Oxlease Witney Oxfordshire OX28 3QY
Received 10 Aug 202620 Gloucester Place Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6LA
Received 10 Aug 2026Cherry Tree Cottage Lower End Salford Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5YW
Received 10 Aug 2026Land (E) 428631 (N) 204548 Burford Road Black Bourton Bampton Oxfordshire
Received 10 Aug 20266 The Grange Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6XY
Received 10 Aug 202614 - 16 Distons Lane Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5NY
Received 10 Aug 2026The Gables 42A Witney Road Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8BJ
Received 11 Aug 2026Thatchings Main Road Stanton Harcourt Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5RP
Received 11 Aug 2026The Yard East End Swerford Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4BG
Received 11 Aug 2026The Yard East End Swerford Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4BG
Received 11 Aug 2026Park House Over Worton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7ER
Received 11 Aug 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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