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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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Gosford Hill School, Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 2NT
Received Not publishedShenington Quarry, Shenington
Received Not publishedField area directly to the West of St Georges Road and North of Millington Road, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 8HL
Received Not publishedSt Francis C of E Primary School, Horspath Road, Cowley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 2QT
Received Not publishedWaterbridge Farm
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 publishedFreeland Primary School, Parklands, Freeland, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 8HX
Received Not publishedShowell Composting Facility, Showell Farm, Chipping Norton, OX7 5TH
Received Not publishedWolvercote Primary School, First Turn, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 8AQ
Received Not publishedThe Portway, Appleford Sidings, Appleford, Oxfordshire, OX14 4PJ
Received Not publishedBurford Quarry, Burford Road, Brize Norton, OX18 3NN
Received Not publishedDean Pit Former Household Waste Recycling Centre, Grove Lane, Dean, Chipping Norton, OX7 3JY
Received Not publishedSt Andrews C Of E Primary School, Station Road, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, OX39 4PU
Received Not publishedLand to the North West of the A41, Junction of A41/Vendee Drive, Bicester, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedNorthfield School, Knights Road, Oxford, OX4 6DQ
Received Not publishedStandlake Church Of England School, Church End, Standlake, Oxfordshire, OX29 7SQ
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 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 publishedLand West of Cuckoo lane and adjacent to the A40, Eynsham, West Oxfordshire, OX29 4PU
Received Not publishedSutton Courtenay Landfill Site, Appleford Sidings, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedLand of Southam Road, Banbury, OX16 1ST
Received Not publishedBloxham Church Of England Primary School, Tadmarton Road, Bloxham, Oxfordshire, OX15 4HP
Received Not publishedBridge Farm Quarry, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4PP
Received Not publishedM & M Skip Hire Ltd, Worton Farm, Yarnton, OX29 4EB
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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