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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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City Farm, Eynsham, Witney, OX29 4EG
Received Not publishedLand at Home Farm, Back Lane, Aston, Bampton, OX18 2DQ
Received Not publishedHaynes of Challow
Received Not publishedLand At, Thrupp Lane, Radley, Abingdon, Oxon
Received Not publishedWoodeaton Manor School, Woodeaton, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9TS
Received Not publishedArdley Landfill, Ardley, Bicester, OX27 7PH
Received Not publishedSandfields Farm, Over Norton, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5PY
Received Not publishedCumnor C Of E Primary School, Oxford Road, Cumnor, Oxon, OX2 9PQ
Received Not publishedFinmere Quarry, Banbury Road, Finmere, Buckinghamshire, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedFinmere Quarry, Banbury Road, Finmere, Oxfordshire, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedHornton Grounds Quarry, Street From Stratford Road to Hornton Grounds Quarry, Hornton, OX15 6HH
Received Not publishedShellingford Quarry, Stanford Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8NE
Received Not publishedWatchfield Primary School, North Street, Watchfield, Swindon, Oxfordshire, SN6 8ND
Received Not publishedTubney Woods Sand Quarry and Landfill Site, Besselsleigh, Oxfordshire.
Received Not publishedNew Barn Farm Quarry, Bosley Way, Cholsey, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 9RX
Received Not publishedBanbury Sewage Plant
Received Not publishedHundridge Farm
Received Not publishedArdley Composting Site, Ashgrove Farm, Upper Heyford Road, Ardley, Oxfordshire, OX27 7PJ
Received Not publishedShipton-on-Cherwell Quarry
Received Not publishedBridge Farm Quarry, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4PD
Received Not publishedLand north east of Didcot, Didcot, OX11 7SB
Received Not publishedFields to the northern and eastern outskirts of Watlington in Oxfordshire. The Proposed Development intersects five local roads: from east to west, these are the B4009, Rosemoor Drive, B480 (Cuxham Road), Pyrton Lane and Watlington Road (B4009)
Received Not publishedWallingford Composting Facility, Benson Lane, Wallingford, OX10 6SQ
Received Not publishedWolvercote Primary School, First Turn, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 8AQ
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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