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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Field View Hastings Hill Churchill Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6NA
Received 10 Sept 2026Upper Close Farm Ledwell Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7AN
Received 10 Sept 20265 Corbett Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3LG
Received 10 Sept 2026Land West Of Swinbrook Road Carterton Oxfordshire
Received 9 Sept 2026Cineworld Multiplex Marriotts Walk Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6GW
Received 10 Sept 202614 Marsh Walk Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1YF
Received 10 Sept 2026Woodside High Street Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6DG
Received 11 Sept 2026Manor Farm Main Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7NT
Received 11 Sept 202637 Burford Road Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6DP
Received 14 Sept 2026Bed And Breakfast The Shepherds Hall Witney Road Freeland Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8HQ
Received 11 Sept 2026Spring Barn 8 High Street Ascott Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6AW
Received 11 Sept 202617 Hurricane Close Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7BJ
Received 11 Sept 2026Land (E) 438738 (N) 212506 Witney Road North Leigh Oxfordshire
Received 11 Sept 2026The Paddocks New Yatt Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6TE
Received 14 Sept 2026Quarry Hill Farm Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6UG
Received 14 Sept 2026Highmoor House Primrose Lane Weald Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2HY
Received 14 Sept 2026Malthouse Farm Aston Road Brighthampton Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7QW
Received 14 Sept 2026Land At Tar Farm Tar Road Stanton Harcourt Oxfordshire
Received 14 Sept 2026Paddock View Station Road Alvescot Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2PS
Received 14 Sept 2026Land (E) 428789 (E) 208512 Burford Road Brize Norton Oxfordshire
Received 14 Sept 2026Nutberry Hill Mawles Lane Shipton Under Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6DA
Received 14 Sept 2026Pear Tree Cottage Thames Street Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3QQ
Received 14 Sept 2026Boot Cottage Boot Street Stonesfield Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8PX
Received 14 Sept 2026Land South Of Burford Road Minster Lovell Oxfordshire
Received 14 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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