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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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Stanton Harcourt C Of E Primary School, Main Road, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, OX29 5RJ
Received Not publishedShipton on Cherwell Quarry, Bunkers Hill, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 3BA
Received Not publishedLord Williams Upper School, Oxford Road, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 2AQ
Received Not publishedSt Francis CE School, Horspath Road, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2QT
Received Not publishedOld Lagoon, Cresswell Field, Worton Farm, Yarnton, OX29 4EB
Received Not publishedWhitchurch Primary School, Eastfield Lane, Whitchurch On Thames, Reading, Oxfordshire, RG8 7EJ
Received Not publishedLand to North of B4493, Didcot Road, Didcot
Received Not publishedFinmere Quarry, Banbury Road, Finmere, Oxfordshire, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedStanford in the Vale HWRC, Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale, Oxfordshire, SN7 8LD
Received Not publishedOld Lagoon, Cresswell Field, Worton Farm, Yarnton, OX29 4EB
Received Not publishedHorley Sewage Treatment Works, Wroxton Lane, Horley, OX15 6BB
Received Not publishedKaleidoscope Centre, Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 1AB
Received Not publishedWicklesham Quarry, Sandshill, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7PQ
Received Not publishedChurch Cowley St James Primary School, Bartholomew Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 3QH
Received Not publishedRutherford Avenue, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Harwell, OX11 0DF
Received Not publishedNorthfield School, Knights Road, Oxford, OX4 6DQ
Received Not publishedJohn Watson School, Steve Drywood Building, Wheatley Park Campus, Holton, OX33 1QH
Received Not publishedEwelme Hazardous Waste Transfer Station, Goulds Grove, Ewelme, Wallingford, OX10 6PJ
Received Not publishedSewage Works, Witney
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 publishedThornhill Park & Ride, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 8DP
Received Not publishedWaterstock Golf Club
Received Not publishedShellingford Quarry Park, Faringdon, Shellingford, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedMatthew Arnold School, Arnolds Way, Cumnor Hill, Oxford, Oxon, OX2 9JB
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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