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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Ardley Landfill Site, Station Road, Ardley, Bicester, OX27 7PH
Received Not publishedFerris Hill Farm, Sibford Road, Hook Norton, Banbury, OX15 5DF
Received Not publishedLower Radley Phase II
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 the Cogges Estate, Witney
Received Not publishedLand at Bridge Farm Quarry, Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4PP
Received Not publishedHornton Quarry
Received Not publishedLand East of Highworth Road, Shrivenham SN6 8BL
Received Not publishedShellingford Quarry, Shellingford Crossroads, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8HE
Received Not publishedGreat Tew Ironstone Quarry, Butchers Hill, Great Tew, Chipping Norton, OX7 4BT
Received Not publishedA40/B4022 Shores Green Junction
Received Not publishedEwelme No2
Received Not publishedFrank Wise School, Hornbeam Close, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9RL
Received Not publishedNorthfield School, Knights Road, Oxford, OX4 6DQ
Received Not publishedMay Gurney, Supergas Industrial Estate, Downs Road, Witney, OX29 0SZ
Received Not publishedOxford Sewage Treatment Works, Grenoble Road, Oxford, OX4 4XU
Received Not publishedTramway Road, Station Approach Road, Windsor Street and Bridge Street, Banbury OX16 5AB
Received Not publishedFinmere Landfill Site, Banbury Road, Finmere, Oxfordshire, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedSutton Wick Landfill
Received Not publishedSheehan Recycled Aggregates Plant, Dix Pit, Stanton Harcourt, Oxon, OX29 5BB
Received Not publishedLakes H&I
Received Not publishedFormer Con Bloc Works, Lynch Hill, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, OX25 5BB
Received Not publishedSt Philip and St James C of E Primary School
Received Not publishedLand of Southam Road, Banbury, OX16 1ST
Received Not publishedEwelme no 2, Ewelme, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 6PJ
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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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