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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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Castle Barn Quarry, Fairgreen Farm, Sarsden, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedAshgrove Farm
Received Not publishedField to the north of Aston Rowant C of E Primary School, School Lane, Aston Rowant, Watlington, Oxfordshire, OX49 5SU
Received Not publishedThe existing traffic controlled junction between Oxford Hill, Jubilee Way and Cogges Hill Road
Received Not publishedGill Mill Quarry, Standlake Road, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 7PP
Received Not publishedLand at the North of Plot 27, The Oxford Science Park, Oxford
Received Not publishedDuns Tew Quarry (East), Horsehay Farm, Duns Tew Road, Middle Barton, OX7 7DQ
Received Not publishedSutton Wick Quarry, Sutton Wick, Abingdon
Received Not publishedBloxham Church Of England Primary School, Tadmarton Road, Bloxham, Oxfordshire, OX15 4HP
Received Not publishedBardwell School, Hendon Place, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 4RZ
Received Not publishedNorthbourne CE Primary School, Cockcroft Road, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 8JL
Received Not publishedFinmere Quarry, Banbury Road, Finmere, Oxfordshire, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedLand off Green Lane, Great Tew
Received Not publishedSt Gregory The Great Roman Catholic Secondary School, Cricket Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 3DR
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 publishedWicklesham Quarry, Sandshill, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7PQ
Received Not publishedCumnor C Of E School, Oxford Road, Cumnor, Oxford, Oxon, OX2 9PQ
Received Not publishedHornton Sewage Treatment Works, Wroxton Road, Hornton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 6EW
Received Not publishedSutton Courtenay Waste Management Site, Appleford Sidings, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4PW
Received Not publishedTESTING
Received Not publishedMarcham C Of E Primary School, Morland Road, Marcham, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6PY
Received Not publishedWoodeaton Quarry, Woodeaton, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9GU
Received Not publishedMill Lane C P School, Mill Lane, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, OX39 4RF
Received Not publishedLand at White Cross Farm, Wallingford, 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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