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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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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West Witney County Primary School, Edington Road, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 5FZ
Received Not publishedLand to North of B4493, Didcot Road, Didcot
Received Not publishedGill Mill, Ducklington
Received Not publishedWolvercote Primary School, First Turn, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 8AQ
Received Not publishedASM Auto Recycling Ltd, Menlo Industrial Site, Rycote Lane, Thame, Oxon, OX9 2JB
Received Not publishedShipton On Cherwell Quarry, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedWest Witney Primary School, Edington Road, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 5FZ
Received Not publishedSutton Courtenay (Manufacturing Plant)
Received Not publishedMill Lane C P School, Mill Lane, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, OX39 4RF
Received Not publishedRon Groves House, Oxford Road, Kidlington, OX5 2BP
Received Not publishedDuns Tew Quarry (East), Horsehay Farm, Duns Tew Road, Middle Barton, OX7 7DQ
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 publishedChinnor Cement Works, Chinnor
Received Not publishedThorpe Mead, Banbury, OX16 4RY
Received Not publishedVacant site located to the south of the Brize Meadow Lodge Care home and to the east of and accessed from Monahan Way, Carterton, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedSands Hill Quarry, Faringdon
Received Not publishedBletchingdon Parochial Controlled Primary School, Weston Road, Bletchingdon, Kidlington, OX5 3DH
Received Not publishedAlkerton Landfill Site, Alkerton Landfill, Stratford Road, Alkerton, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedCA site, Wally Corner
Received Not publishedWaterstock Golf Club
Received Not publishedGill Mill Quarry, Standlake Road, Ducklington, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 7PP
Received Not publishedPart of track between Cogges Lane and Gill Mill House, Stanton Harcourt, Witney, OX28 5AN
Received Not publishedSutton Courtenay Waste Management Site, Appleford Sidings, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4PW
Received Not publishedA34 and A4183 Lodge Hill Interchange, north of Abingdon
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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