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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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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St Blaise CE Primary School, School lane, Milton Heights, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4DR
Received Not publishedBadgemore County Primary School, Hop Gardens, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2HL
Received Not publishedFinmere Quarry
Received Not publishedChowel Farm
Received Not publishedStadhampton Primary School, Cratlands Close, Stadhampton, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX44 7XL
Received Not publishedShowell Farm
Received Not publishedSt Nicholas C Of E Infant School, St Nicholas Road, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8HX
Received Not publishedArdley Landfill, Station Road, Ardley, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedBloxham Church Of England Primary School, Tadmarton Road, Bloxham, Oxfordshire, OX15 4HP
Received Not publishedBowling Green Farm
Received Not publishedBicester Eco Town, Land at North West Bicester, Banbury Road, Bicester, OX27 8TG
Received Not publishedClanfield CE Primary School, Main Street, Clanfield, Bampton, Oxfordshire, OX18 2SP
Received Not publishedCastle Barn Quarry, Fairgreen Farm, Sarsden, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedFoxley Fields Farm, Finmere
Received Not publishedHillview Primary School, Hillview Crescent, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 1DN
Received Not publishedShipton-on-Cherwell Quarry
Received Not publishedSt Michael's C Of E School, The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, Oxon, OX13 6SQ
Received Not publishedKennington Railway Bridge, A423 Southern Bypass, Oxford
Received Not publishedWatlington Primary School, Love Lane, Watlington, Oxfordshire, OX49 5RB
Received Not publishedFinmere Quarry, Banbury Road, Finmere, Oxfordshire, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedShowell Farm, Showell Composting, Road to Showell Farm, Little Tew, Oxfordshire, OX7 5TH
Received Not publishedCity Farm, Eynsham, Witney, OX29 4EG
Received Not publishedProspect Farm
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 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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