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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Litchfield Farm Land, Merton Court, Eynsham, Oxfordshire, OX29 4QF
Received Not publishedFrank Wise School, Hornbeam Close, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9RL
Received Not publishedSutton Courtenay
Received Not publishedSt Birinus School, Mereland Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 8AZ
Received Not publishedSheehan Recycled Aggregates Plant, Dix Pit, Stanton Harcourt, Oxon, OX29 5BB
Received Not publishedWallingford Library, High Street, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 0DB
Received Not publishedBenson Library, Castle Square, Benson, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 6SD
Received Not publishedAppleford Sidings, Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4PW
Received Not publishedThornhill Park & Ride, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 8DP
Received Not publishedHanson Aggregates, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4PW
Received Not publishedSt Nicolas C of E School, Boxhill Walk, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1HB
Received Not publishedGoring C of E Primary School, Wallingford Road, Goring, Reading, RG8 0BG
Received Not publishedThe Oxfordshire Shooting School, Enstone Airfield, Enstone, OX7 4NP
Received Not publishedMatthew Arnold School, Arnolds Way, Cumnor Hill, Oxford, Oxon, OX2 9JB
Received Not publishedFinmere Landfill Site, Banbury Road, Finmere, Oxfordshire, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedDewars Farm, Ardley Road, Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire, OX25 4AE
Received Not publishedLand in the parishes of Milton, Didcot, Harwell, Sutton Courtenay, Appleford-on-Thames, Culham and Clifton Hampden
Received Not publishedGrove Business Park
Received Not publishedRollright Quarry
Received Not publishedNew Wintles Farm, Road From A40 Roundabout Eynsham To College Farm Church Hanborough, Eynsham, Oxfordshire, OX29 4EG
Received Not publishedDuns Tew Quarry (East), Horsehay Farm, Duns Tew Road, Middle Barton, OX7 7DQ
Received Not publishedSandsfield Farm
Received Not publishedRSRL Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedWaste Transfer Station and Recycling Facility, Grove Technology Park, Downsview Road, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 9FF
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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