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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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The Oxford Academy, Sandy Lane West, Littlemore, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 6JY
Received Not publishedJohn Hampden County Primary School, Park Street, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 3HU
Received Not publishedEynsham Primary School, Beech Road, Eynsham, Witney, OX29 4LJ
Received Not publishedA40/B4022 Shores Green Junction
Received Not publishedOld Lagoon, Cresswell Field, Worton Farm, Yarnton, OX29 4EB
Received Not publishedLand of Southam Road, Banbury, OX16 1ST
Received Not publishedSutton Wick Landfill
Received Not publishedEwelme no 2, Ewelme, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 6PJ
Received Not publishedLAND BETWEEN WITAN WAY AT ITS JUNCTION WITH STATION LANE, AND OXFORD HILL AT ITS JUNCTION WITH JUBILEE WAY, CROSSING THE RIVER WINDRUSH AND PASSING TO THE SOUTH OF THE COGGES ESTATE WITNEY.
Received Not publishedGill Mill Quarry, Standlake Road, Ducklington, Witney, OX29 7PP
Received Not publishedThe Gullet
Received Not publishedHill End Field Study Centre, Eynsham Road, Farmoor, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 9NJ
Received Not publishedCassington Quarry, Worton, Witney, OX29 4EB
Received Not publishedLand between Witan Way at its junction with Station Lane and Oxford Hill, at its junction with Jubilee Way crossing the river Windrush and passing, to the south of Cogges Estate Witney
Received Not publishedThrupp Farm, Radley
Received Not publishedWroxton Fields Quarry, Stratford Road, Wroxton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 6QN
Received Not publishedGill Mill Quarry, Standlake Road, Ducklington, Witney, OX29 7PP
Received Not publishedArdley North Quarry
Received Not publishedAlkerton Quarry, Alkerton with Shennington, Banbury, Oxon, OX15 6HY
Received Not publishedCassington Anaerobic Digestion Plant
Received Not publishedChildery Quarry
Received Not publishedLand at Ardley Wood and Ardley Fields
Received Not publishedWhite Cross Farm, Reading Road, Cholsey, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedRollright Quarry
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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