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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Shipton on Cherwell Quarry, Bunkers Hill, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Kidlington Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedNew Marston Primary School, Copse Lane, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 0AY
Received Not publishedLand at Dix Pit, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedLarkmead School, Faringdon Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1RF
Received Not publishedRutherford Avenue, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Harwell, OX11 0DF
Received Not publishedAgrivert Compost Site, Battle Farm, Benson Lane, Preston Crowmarsh, Wallingford
Received Not publishedGill Mill Quarry, Standlake Road, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 7PP
Received Not publishedEwelme No. 2 Site, Goulds Grove, Ewelme, Wallingford, OX10 6PT
Received Not publishedGill Mill Quarry, Standlake Road, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 7PP
Received Not publishedWood Farm Primary School, Titup Hall Drive, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 8QQ
Received Not publishedBowling Green Farm, Stanford Road, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8EZ
Received Not publishedFerris Hill Farm, Sibford Road, Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, OX15 5JY
Received Not publishedWoodstock Church of England Primary School, 2 Shipton Road, Woodstock, OX20 1LL
Received Not publishedShowell Farm
Received Not publishedNorthfield School, Knights Road, Oxford, OX4 6DQ
Received Not publishedKingston Bagpuize Sewage Treatment Works, Sandy Lane, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, Oxon, OX13 5HX
Received Not publishedCumnor C Of E School, Oxford Road, Cumnor, Oxford, Oxon, OX2 9PQ
Received Not publishedLand at existing roundabout junction of the B4100 Banbury Road and the A4095 Southwold Lane and the agricultural/open space adjacent to it, Bicester, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedFerris Hill Farm
Received Not publishedWoodeaton Quarry, B4027, Woodeaton, Oxford, Noke, OX3 9GD
Received Not publishedLand East of Highworth Road, Shrivenham SN6 8BL
Received Not publishedLydalls Road Nursery School, Lydalls Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7HX
Received Not publishedDuns Tew Quarry (East), Horsehay Farm, Duns Tew Road, Middle Barton, OX7 7DQ
Received Not publishedGreat Tew Brown Ironstone Quarry, Butchers Hill, Great Tew, Oxon
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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