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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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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B&E Waste Recycling and Transfer Facility, 115, Brize Norton Road, Minster Lovell, Oxon, OX29 0SQ
Received Not publishedLand to the North West of the A41, Junction of A41/Vendee Drive, Bicester, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedLand at Home Farm, Back Lane, Aston, Bampton, OX18 2DQ
Received Not publishedLand of Southam Road, Banbury, OX16 1ST
Received Not publishedStaverton Road, Drayton
Received Not publishedWicklesham Quarry, Sandshill, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7PQ
Received Not publishedWilliam Fletcher Primary School, Rutten Lane, Yarnton, Oxfordshire, OX5 1LW
Received Not publishedHardwick Primary School, Ferriston, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 1XE
Received Not publishedMarcham C Of E Primary School, Morland Road, Marcham, Abingdon, Oxon, OX13 6PY
Received Not publishedStandlake
Received Not publishedDix Pit
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 publishedLay House
Received Not publishedBurford Quarry, Burford Road, Brize Norton, OX18 3WY
Received Not publishedWallingford Youth Centre, Clapcot Way, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8HS
Received Not publishedGrandpont Nursery School, Whitehouse Road, Oxford, OX1 4QH
Received Not publishedBacon Farm
Received Not publishedUk A E A, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3DB
Received Not publishedLand East of Highworth Road, Shrivenham SN6 8BL
Received Not publishedCulham Science Centre, Abingdon Road, Culham, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3DB
Received Not publishedDewars Farm Quarry, Ardley Road, Middleton Stoney, Bicester, OX27 7PH
Received Not publishedLand at existing roundabout junction of the B4100 Banbury Road and the A4095 Southwold Lane and the agricultural/open space adjacent to it, Bicester, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedDuns Tew Quarry (East), Horsehay Farm, Duns Tew Road, Middle Barton, OX7 7DQ
Received Not publishedGreat Tew Ironstone Quarry, Butchers Hill, Great Tew, Chipping Norton, OX7 4BT
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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