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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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St Marys Church Of England School, 19, Church Green, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 4AZ
Received Not publishedHarwell Primary School, The Styles, Harwell, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0LH
Received Not publishedDorchester Pre- School, Horsa Hut, Queen Street, Dorchester-on -Thames, Oxfordshire, OX10 7HR
Received Not publishedSewage Treatment Works, Access Road To Sewage Works From Grenoble Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 4XU
Received Not publishedWitney Youth and Community Centre, Witan Way, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 4YA
Received Not publishedMenlo Industrial Park, Rycote Lane, Thame, OX9 2JB
Received Not publishedCity Farm, Eynsham
Received Not publishedGill Mill Quarry, Standlake Road, Ducklington,Witney, OX29 7PP
Received Not publishedAlkerton Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC), Stratford Road, Alkerton, Oxfordshire, OX15 6HZ
Received Not publishedEwelme No2
Received Not publishedSonning Common Primary School, Grove Road, Sonning Common, Reading, Oxfordshire, RG4 9RJ
Received Not publishedArdley Fields Household Waste Recycling Centre, Brackley Road, Ardley, OX27 7PH
Received Not publishedSalford Manor Estate, Cross Hands Hill, Salford, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5FQ
Received Not publishedA40 between Witney and Duke’s Cut
Received Not publishedMiddle Barton Pre-School, 29 Church Lane, Middle Barton, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 7BX
Received Not publishedSutton Wick Landfill
Received Not publishedSutton Courtenay Landfill Site, Appleford Sidings, Sutton Courtenay,OX14 4PW
Received Not publishedUpwood Quarry, Besselsleigh
Received Not publishedCarterton Community College, Upavon Way, Carterton, Oxfordshire OX18 1BU
Received Not publishedWoodeaton Quarry, Woodeaton, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9GU
Received Not publishedWhitehill, Burford
Received Not publishedDean Pit, Former HWRC, Grove Lane, Dean, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 3JY
Received Not publishedLand to the south west of Whitelands Way, Kingsmere, Bicester, Oxon, OX26 1AZ
Received Not publishedJohn Watson School, Steve Drywood Building, Wheatley Park Campus, Holton, OX33 1QH
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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