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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Shellingford Quarry - Proposed Extension to the West
Received Not publishedLand between Witan Way at its junction with Station Lane and Oxford Hill, at its junction with Jubilee Way crossing the river Windrush and passing, to the south of Cogges Est Witney
Received Not publishedGoring And Cleeve Pre-school, Wallingford Road, Goring, Reading, Oxfordshire, RG8 0BG
Received Not publishedGreat Tew Quarry
Received Not publishedSutton Wick Sand and Gravel
Received Not publishedCholsey County Primary School, Church Road, Cholsey, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 9PP
Received Not publishedHillview Primary School, Hillview Crescent, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 1DN
Received Not publishedSonning Quarry, Playhatch Road, Sonning Eye, Reading, RG4 6TX
Received Not publishedUpwood Quarry, Besselsleigh
Received Not publishedCulham Science Centre, Abingdon Road, Culham, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3DB
Received Not publishedLower Radley Phase II
Received Not publishedArdley Fields Farm, Middleton Stoney Road, Ardley, Oxfordshire, OX27 7PH
Received Not publishedThe Leys Children and Family Centre, 61-63 Cuddesdon Way, Oxford, OX4 6SB
Received Not publishedM & M Skip Hire Ltd, Worton Farm, Yarnton, OX29 4EB
Received Not publishedFinmere Borrow Pit, Land to the south of London Road (A421), Finmere, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedMatthew Arnold School, Arnolds Way, Cumnor Hill, Oxford, Oxon, OX2 9JB
Received Not publishedArdley Energy Recovery Facility, Middleton Stoney Road, Ardley, Oxfordshire, OX27 7AA
Received Not publishedGreat Tew Brown Ironstone Quarry, Butchers Hill, Great Tew
Received Not publishedSutton Wick Landfill
Received Not publishedAppleford Depot, Sutton Courtenay, Oxon, OX14 4PW
Received Not publishedUpwood Quarry, Road running through Besselsleigh Village, Besselsleigh, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX13 5DW
Received Not publishedWaterstock Golf Club
Received Not publishedWeatley Junction (8a)
Received Not publishedSutton Courtenay Waste Management Site, Appleford Sidings, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire
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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