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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Bicester Eco Town, Land at North West Bicester, Banbury Road, Bicester, OX27 8TG
Received Not publishedRollright Quarry, Little Rollright, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedWest Oxford Primary School, Ferry Hinksey Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 0BY
Received Not publishedLandfill No 2 Site, Goulds Grove, Ewelme, Wallingford, OX10 6PJ
Received Not publishedSmith's Concrete Hardwick
Received Not publishedCarterton Community College, Upavon Way, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 1BU
Received Not publishedBlock T2 (E045) & T3 – North Kidlington Primary School, Benmead Road, Kidlington, Oxon, OX5 2DA
Received Not publishedBurford Quarry (Manufacturing and Offices)
Received Not publishedChinnor Quarry
Received Not publishedUpwood Quarry, Besselsleigh, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedWallingford Library, High Street, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 0DB
Received Not publishedMarcham C Of E Primary School, Morland Road, Marcham, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6PY
Received Not publishedThe Leys Children and Family Centre, 61-63 Cuddesdon Way, Oxford, OX4 6SB
Received Not publishedNew Marston Primary School, Copse Lane, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 0AY
Received Not publishedNew Hinksey CE Primary School, Vicarage Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 4RQ
Received Not publishedLadybird Pre-School, Manor School Grounds, Lydalls Close, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7 LB
Received Not publishedLord Williams Upper School, Oxford Road, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 2AQ
Received Not publishedWhitehill Quarry, Burford
Received Not publishedCounty Hall, New Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 1ND
Received Not publishedLand Adjoining Stone Hills Lane, Land Adjoining Stone Hills Lane, Oday Hill,, Abingdon, Sutton Wick, OX14 4AA
Received Not publishedArdley Landfill, Ardley, Bicester, OX27 7PH
Received Not publishedLand North of the Dog Public House, Peppard, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedChipping Norton Sewage Treatment, Worcester Road, Chipping Norton, OX7 5YG
Received Not publishedWheatley Sewage Treatment Works, London Road, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, OX33 1LH
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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