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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 · County council
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Oxfordshire County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 10 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Alkerton HWRC, Stratford Road, Alkerton, Oxfordshire, OX15 6HZ
Received Not publishedLand at Sutton Wick Quarry, Sutton Wick, Abingdon
Received Not publishedA40 between Eynsham Park and Ride and Wolvercote
Received Not publishedHook Norton Church Of England Primary School, Sibford Road, Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, OX15 5JS
Received Not publishedA linear site comprising a corridor between the A34 Milton Interchange and the B4015 north of Clifton Hampden including part of the A4130 east of the A34 Milton Interchange, land between Didcot and the former Didcot A Power Station and the Great Western Mainline, land to the north of Didcot where it crosses a private railway sidings and the River Thames to the west of Appleford-on-Thames before joining the A415 west of Culham Station, land to the south of Culham Science Centre through to a connection with the B4015 north of Clifton Hampden
Received Not publishedDix Pit
Received Not publishedArdley Landfill, Station Road, Ardley, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedDewars Farm Quarry and land to the north-east
Received Not publishedOrchard Meadow Primary School, Wesley Close, Oxford, OX4 6BG
Received Not publishedRutherford Avenue, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Harwell, OX11 0DF
Received Not publishedBanbury Sewage Treatment Works, Thorpe Industrial Estate, Thorpe Mead, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX16 4RZ
Received Not publishedFrank Wise School, Hornbeam Close, Banbury, Oxon, OX16 9RL
Received Not publishedBuckland C Of E Primary School, Summerside Road, Buckland, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8RB
Received Not publishedHanson Aggregates, Appleford Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4PW
Received Not publishedOxfordshire County Council
Received Not publishedA4130 south of the Steventon Lights/High Street junction to the west of Milton Interchange including the junction with Trenchard Avenue
Received Not publishedHatford Quarry, Fernham Road, Hatford, Faringdon, SN7 8JQ
Received Not publishedLitchfield Farm Land, Merton Court, Eynsham, Oxfordshire, OX29 4QF
Received Not publishedGreat Milton C of E School, The Green, Great Milton, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX44 7NT
Received Not publishedA linear site comprising a corridor between the A34 Milton Interchange and the B4015 north of Clifton Hampden including part of the A4130 east of the A34 Milton Interchange, land between Didcot and the former Didcot A Power Station and the Great Western Mainline, land to the north of Didcot where it crosses a private railway sidings and the River Thames to the west of Appleford-on-Thames before joining the A415 west of Culham Station, land to the south of Culham Science Centre through to a connection with the B4015 north of Clifton Hampden
Received Not publishedGoring C of E Primary School, Wallingford Road, Goring, Reading, RG8 0BG
Received Not publishedWoodeaton Quarry
Received Not publishedWheatley Sewage Treatment Works, London Road, Wheatley OX33 1JH
Received Not publishedSutton Courtenay Landfill, Appleford Sidings, Abingdon
Received Not publishedRecords 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 Oxfordshire County 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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