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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Controlled Reclamation Landfill Site, Dix Pit, Stanton Harcourt, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 5BB
Received Not publishedOld Quarry, Hatching Lane, Leafield, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedWallingford Library, High Street, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 0DB
Received Not publishedRollright Quarry, Little Rollright, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5QB
Received Not publishedWyatt's (William) Yard
Received Not publishedHatford Quarry, Sandy Lane, Hatford, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8JH
Received Not publishedIreland Land
Received Not publishedGagle Brook Primary School, Charlotte Avenue, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX27 8BD
Received Not publishedWindmill Primary School, Margaret Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8NG
Received Not publishedLand at Home Farm, Back Lane, Aston, Bampton, OX18 2DQ
Received Not publishedRadley C Of E Primary School, Church Road, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3QF
Received Not publishedThe Warriner School, Banbury Road, Bloxham, Oxfordshire, OX15 4LJ
Received Not publishedCity Farm, Road To City Farm, Eynsham, Oxfordshire, OX29 4EG
Received Not publishedSt Andrews C Of E Primary School, Station Road, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, OX39 4PU
Received Not publishedLand of Southam Road, Banbury, OX16 1ST
Received Not publishedAlkerton Quarry, Alkerton with Shennington, Banbury, Oxon, OX15 6HY
Received Not publishedSite of New Primary School, Longford Park, Oxford Road, Bodicote, Banbury, Oxon
Received Not publishedFinmere Quarry, Banbury Road, Finmere, Oxfordshire, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedShipton-on-Cherwell Quarry
Received Not publishedWaterlands Farm
Received Not publishedMuseum Resource Centre, Cotswold Dene, Standlake, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 7GQ
Received Not publishedSheehan Recycled Aggregates Plant, Dix Pit, Stanton Harcourt, Oxon, OX29 5BB
Received Not publishedChesterton Church Of England Primary School, Alchester Road, Chesterton, Oxfordshire, OX26 1UN
Received Not publishedSutton Courtenay Rail Sidings, Appleford Sidings, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire OX14 4PJ
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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