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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Gems Didcot Primary Academy, Chesnut Drive, Harwell, OX11 6DP
Received Not publishedDewars Farm Quarry, Ardley Road, Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire, Bicester, OX27 7PH
Received Not publishedDrayton Community Primary School, Hilliat Fields, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JF
Received Not publishedOrchard Meadow Primary School, Wesley Close, Oxford, OX4 6BG
Received Not publishedSt Andrews C Of E School, Station Road, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, OX39 4PU
Received Not publishedHickman Bros Landscaping
Received Not publishedArdley Energy Recovery Facility, Middleton Stoney Road, Ardley, Oxfordshire OX27 7AA
Received Not publishedMereland Road Surgery, 17-19, Mereland Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 8AS
Received Not publishedDewars Farm Quarry and land to the north-east
Received Not publishedMoorend Lane Farm, Moorend Lane, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 3HW
Received Not publishedCaversham Quarry Extension
Received Not publishedHornton Grounds, Horton, Nr Banbury, OX15 6HH
Received Not publishedFinmere Quarry, Banbury Road, Finmere, Buckinghamshire, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedBurford Quarry, Burford Road, Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, OX18 3NN
Received Not publishedArdley Composting Site, Ashgrove Farm, Upper Heyford Road, Ardley, Oxfordshire, OX27 7PJ
Received Not publishedEyres Lane
Received Not publishedSutton Courtenay Landfill, Appleford Sidings, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4PW
Received Not publishedShellingford Quarry, Stanford Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8NE
Received Not publishedFerris Hill Farm, Sibford Road, Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, OX15 5JY
Received Not publishedEwelme No1
Received Not publishedBurford Quarry, Burford Road, Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, OX18 3NN
Received Not publishedNew Barn Farm, Reading Road, Cholsey, Oxfordshire, OX10 9HA
Received Not publishedLand between the B4493 Didcot Road and the A417 London Road, to the east of the A34
Received Not publishedLand off Green Lane Great Tew
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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