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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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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A40 HIF2 Smart Corridor (‘HIF2 project’) A40 corridor between Witney and Wolvercote, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedHook Norton Church Of England Primary School, Sibford Road, Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, OX15 5JS
Received Not publishedLand at Culham, East of the Railway and South of the A415
Received Not publishedThornhill Park & Ride, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 8DP
Received Not publishedRollright Quarry
Received Not publishedRAF Benson CP School, Benson, Wallingford, OX10 6EP
Received Not publishedArdley Landfill
Received Not publishedGoring C of E Primary School, Wallingford Road, Goring, Reading, RG8 0BG
Received Not publishedQueensway County School, Brantwood Rise, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9NH
Received Not publishedGreat Tew Primary School, The Green, Great Tew, Oxfordshire, OX7 4DB
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 publishedRedbridge Hollow Gypsy Site, Redbridge, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 4XS
Received Not publishedHome Farm, Shellingford
Received Not publishedFaringdon Quarry, Fernham Road, Faringdon, SN7 7LG
Received Not publishedBanbury Rail Siding, Waterworks Road, Hennef Way, Banbury, OX16 3JJ
Received Not publishedHornton Grounds, Hornton, Banbury, OX15 6HH
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 publishedFritwell Church Of England Primary School, East Street, Fritwell, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX27 7PX
Received Not publishedSmiths of Bloxham
Received Not publishedHickman Bros Landscaping
Received Not publishedOakley Woods Landfill (Grundons)
Received Not publishedEpwell, Shutford
Received Not publishedFinmere Quarry, Banbury Road, Finmere, Buckinghamshire, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedFritwell Church Of England School, East Street, Fritwell, Oxfordshire, OX27 7PX
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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