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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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Blewbury C Of E School, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 9QB
Received Not publishedSutton Courtenay Materials Recycling Facility, Sutton Courtenay Waste Management Site, Appleford Sidings, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4PW
Received Not publishedBurford Quarry, Burford Road, Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, OX18 3WN
Received Not publishedCharlton Primary School, Charlton Village Road, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 7HG
Received Not publishedLand between Witan Way at its junction with Station Lane and Oxford Hill, at its junction with Jubilee Way crossing the river Windrush and passing, to the south of the Cogges Estate, Witney
Received Not publishedLand off Thorpe Mead, Overthorpe Industrial Estate, Banbury
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 publishedWeston Park Farm
Received Not publishedLand to the North West of the A41, Junction of A41/Vendee Drive, Bicester, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedLand at Home Farm, Back Lane, Aston, Bampton, OX18 2DQ
Received Not publishedAlkerton Quarry, Rattlecombe Road (Heading East To Stratford Road), Alkerton, Oxon, OX15 6HY
Received Not publishedTackley Church Of England Primary School, 42, St Johns Road, Tackley, Oxfordshire, OX5 3AP
Received Not publishedFinmere Quarry, Banbury Road, Finmere, Oxfordshire, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedSutton Courtenay Landfill SIte, Sutton Courtenay
Received Not publishedCaversham Quarry, Sonning Eye, Reading, RG4 6TX
Received Not publishedFaringdon Infant School, Lechdale Road, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8AH
Received Not publishedArdley Landfill
Received Not publishedLand north of Deddington Highways Maintenance Depot, Banbury Road, Deddington, Banbury, OX15 0TS
Received Not publishedCropredy CE Primary School, Station Road, Cropredy, Oxfordshire, OX17 1PU
Received Not publishedStonehenge Farm, Northmoor, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedStage 13 Area, CASSINGTON PIT, WORTON, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX29 4EB
Received Not publishedSheehan Recycled Aggregates Plant, Dix Pit, Stanton Harcourt, Oxon OX29 5BB
Received Not publishedLongworth Pre-School, Longworth Primary School, School Close, Longworth, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 5EU
Received Not publishedDix Pit Landfill
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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