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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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Iffley Mead School, Iffley Turn, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 4DU
Received Not publishedBurford Quarry, Burford Road, Brize Norton, OX18 3WY
Received Not publishedGill Mill Quarry, Standlake Road, Ducklington, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 7PP
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 publishedRadley Ash Disposal Site, Lower Radley, Abingdon, Oxon
Received Not publishedOday Quarry (Sutton Wick Quarry), Oday Hill, Sutton Wick, Abingdon, OX14 4AA
Received Not publishedBurford Quarry
Received Not publishedBattle Farm, Benson Lane, Preston Crowmarsh, Wallingford
Received Not publishedTubney Wood Sandpit, Oaksmere, Appleton, Abingdon, Oxon, OX13 5QU
Received Not publishedWaterbridge Farm
Received Not publishedCholsey Primary School, Church Road, Cholsey, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 9PP
Received Not publishedChipping Norton Secondary School, Burford Road, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5DY
Received Not publishedFinmere Quarry, Banbury Road, Finmere, Oxfordshire, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedGill Mill Quarry, Standlake Road, Ducklington, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 7PP
Received Not publishedSutton Courtenay Waste Management Site, Appleford Sidings, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4PW
Received Not publishedLand North Of Deddington Highways Maintenance Depot, Banbury Road, Deddington, OX15 0TS
Received Not publishedLand at Quarry Farm North of Green Lane, Green Lane, Chipping Norton, Great Tew, OX7 4NS
Received Not publishedBloxham Church Of England Primary School, Tadmarton Road, Bloxham, Oxfordshire, OX15 4HP
Received Not publishedHornton Grounds Farm, Street From Bell Street To Stratford Road, Hornton, Oxfordshire, OX15 6HH
Received Not publishedLand of Southam Road, Banbury, OX16 1ST
Received Not publishedMatthew Arnold School, Arnolds Way, Cumnor Hill, Oxford, Oxon, OX2 9JB
Received Not publishedAlkerton Quarry, Rattlecombe Road, Alkerton with Shennington
Received Not publishedChipping Norton Secondary School, Burford Road, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5DY
Received Not publishedSite allocated for new Primary School, Land at Kingsmere Estate, Bicester
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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