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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flat 1 Otley House 36 High Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1TG
Received 24 Aug 2026Witney Congregational Church 4 Welch Way Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6JF
Received 24 Aug 2026The Laurels Kencot Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3QT
Received 24 Aug 2026Ludwell Farm Glympton Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1AZ
Received 24 Aug 2026Broadwell Manor Broadwell Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3QS
Received 24 Aug 2026Broadwell Manor Broadwell Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3QS
Received 24 Aug 2026Land Adjacent To Kencott Cottages Kencot Oxfordshire
Received 24 Aug 2026Laurel Cottage Foxburrow Lane Crawley Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9TS
Received 25 Aug 2026Woody Lane House Woody Lane Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3EY
Received 25 Aug 2026Land And Buildings At Unit 20 Stanton Harcourt Industrial Estate Stanton Harcourt Oxfordshire
Received 25 Aug 2026Old Laundry Cottage Old Forge Road Great Rollright Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5RR
Received 25 Aug 2026Meadow Barn 17 Park Farm Place Northmoor Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5BF
Received 24 Aug 2026Maws Barn Church Road Church Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8AB
Received 25 Aug 2026Heronwood 38 Stonesfield Road Combe Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8PE
Received 25 Aug 2026Street Record Sinnels Field Shipton Under Wychwood Oxfordshire
Received 25 Aug 2026Land Between Upavon Way And Northwood Crescent Carterton Oxfordshire
Received 25 Aug 2026Land East Of 34 Church Lane Middle Barton Oxfordshire
Received 25 Aug 202655 Ticknell Piece Road Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3TN
Received 25 Aug 202613 Wincott Square Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1GX
Received 26 Aug 2026Little Faringdon Mill Little Faringdon Lechlade Oxfordshire GL7 3QQ
Received 26 Aug 202648 Edgeworth Drive Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3LW
Received 26 Aug 2026The Old Police House Hopcrofts Holt Steeple Aston Bicester Oxfordshire OX25 5QQ
Received 26 Aug 2026Glebe Cottage Church Street Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6BP
Received 25 Aug 2026Uplands 20 Manor Road Bladon Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1RU
Received 26 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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