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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedBury Knowle House, North Place, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9HY
Received Not publishedLand off Green Lane Great Tew
Received Not publishedGreat Tew Brown Ironstone Quarry, Butchers Hill, Great Tew, Oxon
Received Not publishedLand at Quarry Farm North of Green Lane, Green Lane, Chipping Norton, Great Tew, OX7 4NS
Received Not publishedOrchard Meadow Primary School, Wesley Close, Oxford, OX4 6BG
Received Not publishedStation Road, Didcot
Received Not publishedBampton Church Of England Primary School, Bowling Green Close, Bampton, Oxfordshire, OX18 2NJ
Received Not publishedTarmac Asphalt and Concrete Batching Plants, Water Works Road, Hennef Way, Banbury, OX16 3JJ
Received Not publishedFaringdon Community College, Fernham Road, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7LB
Received Not publishedAureus School, Greenfinch Road, Harwell, Oxon, OX11 7TG
Received Not publishedLand East of Highworth Road, Shrivenham SN6 8BL
Received Not publishedAlkerton Landfill Site, Alkerton Landfill, Stratford Road, Alkerton, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedMillbrook Primary School, School Lane, Grove, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 7LB
Received Not publishedM & M Skip Hire Ltd, Worton Farm, Worton, Yarnton, OX29 4FL
Received Not publishedEynsham County Primary School, Beech Road, Eynsham, Oxfordshire, OX29 4LJ
Received Not publishedShrivenham Primary School, High Street, Shrivenham, Swindon, Wilts, SN6 8AA
Received Not publishedNew Marston Primary School, Copse Lane, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 0AY
Received Not publishedCastle Barn Quarry, Sarsden, Chipping Norton
Received Not publishedQuelch's Orchard
Received Not publishedSite allocated for new Primary School, Land at Kingsmere Estate, Bicester
Received Not publishedArdley Landfill, Ardley, Bicester, OX27 7PH
Received Not publishedTramway Road, Station Approach Road, Windsor Street and Bridge Street, Banbury
Received Not publishedLand between the B4016 Abingdon Road and the A4130
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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