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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3,005 approved · 179 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wychwood Cottage Church Street Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3PR
Received 14 Sept 2026Land (E) 438738 (N) 212506 Witney Road North Leigh Oxfordshire
Received 15 Sept 2026Yarrow Barn Middlefield Farm New Yatt Road Witney Oxfordshire OX29 6TA
Received 17 Sept 202612 The Green Stanton Harcourt Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5RN
Received 15 Sept 2026Boulters Barn House Churchill Road Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5UT
Received 15 Sept 2026Land South Of Deans Farm House Eynsham Road Sutton Witney Oxfordshire OX29 5RZ
Received 15 Sept 2026The Glebe House Westwell Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4JT
Received 15 Sept 2026Manor Farm Main Road Curbridge Witney Oxfordshire OX29 7NT
Received 16 Sept 2026Fiveways Takeaway Sturt Road Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3SX
Received 16 Sept 202693 Shilton Road Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 1EN
Received 16 Sept 2026The Double Dutch Barn Marsh Lane Clanfield Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2RQ
Received 16 Sept 2026Charlbury House Woodstock Road Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3EX
Received 17 Sept 2026Hazeldene Enstone Road Charlbury Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3QR
Received 17 Sept 2026Lands Farm Yard East End Swerford Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4BG
Received 17 Sept 2026Bluewood Park Churchill Heath Kingham Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6UJ
Received 17 Sept 2026Land North Of Witney Road Long Hanborough Oxfordshire
Received 17 Sept 20266 Home Close Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 3GQ
Received 17 Sept 202643 Church Road Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8JE
Received 17 Sept 202610 Manor Court Wootton Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1EU
Received 17 Sept 2026Unit 4 Des Roches Square Witney Oxfordshire OX28 4BE
Received 17 Sept 2026Field House Westhall Hill Fulbrook Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4BJ
Received 17 Sept 20266 Enstone Road Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7BN
Received 17 Sept 2026133 Burwell Drive Witney Oxfordshire OX28 5LP
Received 18 Sept 2026Pear Tree Cottage Church Enstone Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 4NN
Received 21 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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