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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Lord Williams Upper School, Oxford Road, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 2AQ
Received Not publishedOld Lagoon, Cresswell Field, Worton Farm, Yarnton, OX29 4EB
Received Not publishedFinmere Quarry and Landfill, Banbury Road, Finmere, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedHornton Quarry
Received Not publishedMiddleton Stoney Road, Bicester
Received Not publishedShipton On Cherwell Quarry, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedBattle Farm, Benson Lane, Preston Crowmarsh, Wallingford
Received Not publishedFinmere Quarry, Banbury Road, Finmere, Oxfordshire, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedManor Farm, Peppard Common, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 5LA
Received Not publishedGill Mill Farm, Tar Road, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, OX29 7PP
Received Not publishedGill Mill Quarry, Standlake Road, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 7PP
Received Not publishedLand between the B4493 Didcot Road and the A417 London Road, to the east of the A34
Received Not publishedRutherford Avenue, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Harwell, OX11 0DF
Received Not publishedGill Mill Quarry, Standlake Road, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 7PP
Received Not publishedRecycling Depot, Supergas Industrial Estate, Minster Lovell, OX29 0SZ
Received Not publishedArdley Energy Recovery Facility, Middleton Stoney Road, Ardley, Oxfordshire, OX27 7AA
Received Not published54, Pettiwell, Garsington, Oxford, OX44 9DB
Received Not publishedLand at Thrupp Farm, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire Grid Ref: SU 51539 97065
Received Not publishedLand of Southam Road, Banbury, OX16 1ST
Received Not publishedWest Oxford Primary School, Ferry Hinksey Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 0BY
Received Not publishedBicester Eco Town, Land at North West Bicester, Banbury Road, Bicester, OX27 8TG
Received Not publishedWicklesham Quarry, Sandshill, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7PQ
Received Not publishedCulham Science Centre, Abingdon Road, Culham, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3DB
Received Not publishedBurford Quarry
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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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