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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Buckland C Of E Primary School, Summerside Road, Buckland, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8RB
Received Not publishedFinmere Quarry, Banbury Road, Finmere, Buckinghamshire, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedLand along the A40 at the existing Shores Green junction onto the B4022, east of Witney
Received Not publishedLand north of Deddington Highways Maintenance Depot, OX15 0TS
Received Not publishedPeppard C Of E Primary School, Church Lane, Rotherfield Peppard, Henley-on-thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 5JU
Received Not publishedLand off Thorpe Mead, Overthorpe Industrial Estate, Banbury
Received Not publishedGlory Farm County Primary School, Hendon Place, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 4YJ
Received Not publishedCassington Pit, Cassington Road, Yarnton, Oxfordshire, OX29 4EB
Received Not publishedGateway Primary School, Netheravon Close, Carterton, OX18 3SF
Received Not publishedOxford Sewage Treatment Works, Grenoble Road, Sandford-on-Thames, Oxford, OX4 4XU
Received Not publishedCaversham Quarry
Received Not publishedGill Mill Quarry, Standlake Road, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 7PP
Received Not publishedHarwell Southern Storage
Received Not publishedEwelme Hazardous Waste Transfer Station, Goulds Grove, Ewelme, Wallingford, OX10 6PJ
Received Not publishedOxford Castle, New Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedWorsham Quarry
Received Not publishedNew Mill
Received Not publishedFerris Hill Farm, Sibford Road, Hook Norton, Banbury, OX15 5DF
Received Not publishedRumbolds Pit, Eyres Lane, Ewelme, Wallingford, OX10 6HF
Received Not publishedGill Mill Quarry, Standlake Road, Ducklington, Witney, OX29 7PP
Received Not publishedLand at the North of Plot 27, The Oxford Science Park, Oxford
Received Not publishedWicklesham Quarry, Sandshill, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7PQ
Received Not publishedLand between the B4493 Didcot Road and the A417 London Road, to the east of the A34
Received Not publishedTubney Wood Landfill, Tubney Wood, Besselsleigh, 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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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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