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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Banbury Sewage Treatment Works, Thorpe Mead, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 4RZ
Received Not publishedFinmere Quarry, Banbury Road, Finmere, Oxfordshire, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedSheehan Recycled Aggregates Plant, Dix Pit, Stanton Harcourt, Oxon, OX29 5BB
Received Not publishedCassington Quarry, Cassington Road, Yarnton, OX29 4EB
Received Not publishedWatchfield Primary School, North Street, Watchfield, Swindon, Oxon, SN6 8ND
Received Not publishedSutton Courtenay Landfill
Received Not publishedGill Mill Farm, Tar Road, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, OX29 7PP
Received Not publishedDrayton Highways Maintenance Depot, Depot & Premises Divisional Surveyors Offices, Milton Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4EZ
Received Not publishedBayards Hill Primary School, Bayswater Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9NU
Received Not publishedSheehan Recycled Aggregates Plant, Dix Pit, Stanton Harcourt, Oxon OX29 5BB
Received Not publishedFinstock C of E Primary School, 7, School Road, Finstock, Chipping Norton, OX7 3BN
Received Not publishedSS Phillip & James CE Primary School, Navigation Way, Oxford, OX2 6AB
Received Not publishedTramway Road, Station Approach Road, Windsor Street and Bridge Street, Banbury OX16 5AB
Received Not publishedSutton Wick Landfill
Received Not publishedLand at Home Farm, Back Lane, Aston, Bampton, OX18 2DQ
Received Not publishedSpringhill Farm
Received Not publishedM & M Skip Hire Ltd, Worton FArm, Yarnton, OX29 4EB
Received Not publishedChilton Waste Services, Chilton, Didcot
Received Not publishedShipton on Cherwell Quarry, Bunkers Hill, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 3BA
Received Not publishedWickleham Quarry
Received Not publishedMill Lane C P School, Mill Lane, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, OX39 4RF
Received Not publishedGill Mill Quarry, Standlake Road, Ducklington,Witney, OX29 7PP
Received Not publishedGreenwoods of Garsington
Received Not publishedSandsfield Farm
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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