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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dolphin House 4 Woodgreen Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1DH
Received 26 Aug 2026Wilderness Cottages Heythrop Park Heythrop Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5UF
Received 26 Aug 2026Wilderness Cottages Heythrop Park Heythrop Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5UF
Received 27 Aug 2026Wilderness Cottages Heythrop Park Heythrop Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5UF
Received 27 Aug 2026Old Foxcote Farmhouse Foscot Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6RH
Received 27 Aug 2026Old Foxcote Farmhouse Foscot Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6RH
Received 27 Aug 2026Land (E) 429047 (N) 210136 Asthall Burford Oxfordshire
Received 27 Aug 2026The Cock Inn The Green Combe Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8NT
Received 27 Aug 2026The Cock Inn The Green Combe Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8NT
Received 27 Aug 2026Land North Of Browns Field Way Brize Norton Oxfordshire
Received 27 Aug 2026Land South Of Burford Road Minster Lovell Oxfordshire
Received 27 Aug 2026Lakeside Industrial Park Cotswold Dene Standlake Oxfordshire OX29 7PL
Received 28 Aug 2026School House Woodstock Road Stonesfield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8EJ
Received 28 Aug 20266 Bridewell Close North Leigh Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6TR
Received 28 Aug 2026Land East Of Monahan Way Carterton Oxfordshire
Received 28 Aug 2026Dean Mill Dean Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3JX
Received 28 Aug 2026Heath Farm Banbury Road Swerford Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4BN
Received 28 Aug 2026Heath Farm Banbury Road Swerford Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4BN
Received 28 Aug 2026Shepherds Paddock The Tewer Great Rollright Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5RG
Received 28 Aug 20266 Hedge End Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1NP
Received 1 Sept 2026Glebe House Thames Street Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3QL
Received 1 Sept 2026Street Record Chapel Hill Swerford Chipping Norton Oxfordshire
Received 1 Sept 202619 Saxon Way Witney Oxfordshire OX28 4ET
Received 2 Sept 2026Crown Cottage West End Wootton Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1DL
Received 1 Sept 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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