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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Finmere Quarry, Banbury Road, Finmere, Oxfordshire, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedShellingford Church of England Primary School, Church Street, Shellingford, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7QA
Received Not publishedNew Barn Farm, Cholsey, Nr Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 9HA
Received Not publishedOur Lady's Roman Catholic Primary School, Oxford Road, Cowley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 2LF
Received Not publishedCounty Hall, New Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 1ND
Received Not publishedLand north of Deddington Highways Maintenance Depot, Banbury Road, Deddington, Banbury, OX15 0TS
Received Not publishedBurford Quarry, Burford Road, Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, OX18 3NN
Received Not published62, High Street, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 2DN
Received Not publishedThomley Hall Farm, Worminghall
Received Not publishedDewars Farm Quarry, Ardley Road, Middleton Stoney, Bicester, OX27 7PH
Received Not publishedNew Barn Farm, Cholsey, Nr Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 9HA
Received Not publishedWolvercote Primary School, First Turn, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 8AQ
Received Not publishedShipton On Cherwell Quarry, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedLandfill No 2 Site, Goulds Grove, Ewelme, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 6PJ
Received Not publishedBurford Quarry
Received Not publishedSewage Treatment Works, Access Road To Sewage Works From Grenoble Road, Sandford-on-Thames, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 4XU
Received Not publishedLand at Faringdon Quarry, Fernham Road, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7LG
Received Not publishedG and W Estate, Faringdon
Received Not publishedWorton Farm
Received Not publishedFerris Hill Farm, Sibford Road, Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, OX15 5JY
Received Not publishedPennyroyal Sawmill, Goring Heath, RG8 7SD
Received Not publishedKidlington Rail Depot.
Received Not publishedLand to the North West of the A41, Junction of A41/Vendee Drive, Bicester, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedEpwell, Shutford
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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