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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land and Buildings on the South Side of Osney Lane, Oxford, OX1 1NY
Received Not publishedWhitehill Quarry, Burford, OX18 4EX
Received Not publishedSt Leonards Church Of England Primary School, Overthorpe Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 4SB
Received Not publishedArdley Fields Farm, Middleton Stoney Road, Ardley, Oxfordshire, OX27 7PH
Received Not publishedSlape Hill Quarry, A44, Glympton, Near Woodstock, Oxon, OX20 1HS
Received Not publishedLand at Quarry Farm North of Green Lane, Green Lane, Chipping Norton, Great Tew, OX7 4NS
Received Not publishedWolvercote Primary School, First Turn, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 8AQ
Received Not publishedBicester Eco Town, Land at North West Bicester, Banbury Road, Bicester, OX27 8TG
Received Not publishedSt Blaise CE Primary School, School lane, Milton Heights, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4DR
Received Not publishedA40/B4022 Shores Green Junction
Received Not publishedFinmere Borrow Pit, Widmore Farm, Banbury Road, Finmere, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedGreat Tew Ironstone Quarry, Butchers Hill, Great Tew, Chipping Norton
Received Not publishedChalkhouse Green
Received Not publishedUpwood Quarry, Besselsleigh
Received Not publishedFinmere Quarry, Banbury Road, Finmere, Buckinghamshire, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedKing Alfreds School West, Challow Road, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 9DT
Received Not publishedArdley Composting Site, Ashgrove Farm, Upper Heyford Road, Ardley, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedStanford in the Vale HWRC, Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale, Oxfordshire, SN7 8LD
Received Not publishedArdley Waste and Recycling Centre, Middleton Stoney Road, Ardley, Oxfordshire, OX27 7PH
Received Not publishedHorspath Pre-School Nursey, Horspath Primary School, Blenheim Road, Horspath, Oxfordshire, OX33 1RY
Received Not publishedShowell Farm, Showell Composting, Road to Showell Farm, Little Tew, Oxfordshire, OX7 5TH
Received Not publishedFinmere Quarry, Banbury Road, Finmere, Oxfordshire, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedStation Road, Didcot
Received Not publishedRail Head
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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