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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Botley Primary School, Elms Road, Botley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 9JZ
Received Not publishedThe Portway, Appleford Sidings, Appleford, Oxfordshire, OX14 4PJ
Received Not publishedWhitehill Quarry, south of A40, Burford, OX18 4EX
Received Not publishedArdley Fields Farm, Middleton Stoney Road, Ardley, Oxfordshire, OX27 7PH
Received Not publishedThornhill Park & Ride, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 8DP
Received Not publishedUpwood Quarry, Besselsleigh
Received Not publishedShellingford Quarry, Shellingford Crossroads, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8HE
Received Not publishedCastle Barn Quarry
Received Not publishedWidmore Farm, Finmere
Received Not publishedBardwell School, Hendon Place, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 4RZ
Received Not publishedLand north east of Didcot, Didcot, OX11 7SB
Received Not publishedSutton Wick Landfill
Received Not publishedDeddington Highway Maintenance Depot, Banbury Road, OX15 0TX
Received Not publishedAgrivert Ltd Cassington AD Plant, Unnamed Single Carriageway 6811439, Yarnton OX29 4FL
Received Not publishedSheehan Recycled Aggregates Plant, Dix Pit, Stanton Harcourt, Oxon OX29 5BB
Received Not publishedBarley Hill County Primary School, Ludsden Grove, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 3DH
Received Not publishedNew Wintles Farm Recycling Centre, Eynsham, Oxfordshire, OX29 4EG
Received Not publishedLand At, Thrupp Lane, Radley, Abingdon, Oxon
Received Not published79A Lower Icknield Way, Chinnor, OX39 4EA
Received Not publishedBowling Green Farm Sandpit, Stanford Road Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8EZ
Received Not publishedOathill Lodge, Road from Enstone Road to Oathill Farm, Enstone, OX7 4ED
Received Not publishedLand between Witan Way at its junction with Station Lane and Oxford Hill, at its junction with Jubilee Way crossing the river Windrush and passing, to the south of the Cogges Estate, Witney
Received Not publishedM2 Solutions (formerly Mallory Oils)
Received Not publishedLand at Home Farm, Back Lane, Aston, Bampton, OX18 2DQ
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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