Understanding planning · 13 min read
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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Thorpe Lane Depot., Banbury
Received Not publishedLand north east of Didcot, Didcot, OX11 7SB
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Downsview House, Gainfield, Buckland
Received Not publishedOld Brickworks Farm, Bletchingdon
Received Not publishedSt Andrews School, Station Road, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, OX39 4PU
Received Not publishedBanbury New Futures Centre, Hilton Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 0EJ
Received Not publishedTadmaston Barn
Received Not publishedAllens Land, Sutton Wick Quarry, Abingdon, Oxon
Received Not publishedNorth Kidlington Primary School, Benmead Road, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 2DA
Received Not publishedRadley Ash Disposal Site, Thrupp Lane, Radley, Abingdon
Received Not publishedSheehan Recycled Aggregates Plant, Dix Pit, Stanton Harcourt, Witney, OX29 5BB
Received Not publishedConcrete batching plant and adjacent field, Water Works Road, Hennef Way, Banbury, OX16 3JJ
Received Not publishedSpital Farm, Overthorpe Industrial Estate, Thorpe Mead, Banbury, OX16 4RZ
Received Not publishedSonning Common Sewage Treatment Works, Sonning Common, Oxfordshire, RG4 9NP
Received Not publishedShanks Yard at Overthorpe
Received Not publishedCaversham Quarry, Sonning Eye, Reading, RG4 6TX
Received Not publishedGrundon Waste Management Ltd, Ewelme No. 2 Site, Goulds Grove, Wallingford, Ewelme OX10 6PJ
Received Not publishedNorthern House School, 23, South Parade, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 7JL
Received Not publishedGreat Tew Ironstone Quarry, Butchers Hill, Great Tew, Chipping Norton
Received Not publishedGosford Silo, Near Kidlington, Oxford, OX2 8HA
Received Not publishedCity Farm, Eynsham, Witney, OX29 4EG
Received Not publishedSand & Gravel Pit, Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4PP
Received Not publishedHill End Field Study Centre, Eynsham Road, Farmoor, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 9NJ
Received Not publishedDuns Tew Quarry (East), Horsehay Farm, Duns Tew Road, Middle Barton, OX7 7DQ
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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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