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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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Church Cowley St James Primary School, Bartholomew Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 3QH
Received Not publishedRedbridge Hollow Gypsy Site, Redbridge, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 4XS
Received Not publishedLakes H&I
Received Not publishedWhitehill Quarry, Burford
Received Not publishedSt Ebbes Church Of England Primary School, White House Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 4NA
Received Not publishedLand South of Park Road, Faringdon, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedBowling Green Farm Sandpit, Stanford Road, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8EZ
Received Not publishedWroxton Fields Quarry, Stratford Road A422, OX15 6EZ
Received Not publishedSt Michael's C Of E School, The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, Oxon, OX13 6SQ
Received Not publishedRush Common County Primary School, Hendred Way, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 2AW
Received Not publishedHIF2 - A40 Corridor between the Eynsham Park and Ride Site and North Oxford, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedArdley Waste Management Facility, Ardley Fields Farm, Ardley, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedNew Barn Farm, Cholsey, Nr Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 9HA
Received Not publishedBarton Park, Northern Bypass Road, Oxford, OX3 9SD
Received Not publishedGill Mill Quarry, Ducklington
Received Not publishedLand East of Highworth Road, Shrivenham SN6 8BL
Received Not publishedDeddington Depot, Banbury Road, Deddington, Oxfordshire, OX15 0TS
Received Not publishedNettlebed Community School, High Street, Nettlebed, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 5DA
Received Not publishedAston Rowant C Of E Primary School, School Lane, Aston Rowant, Watlington, Oxfordshire, OX49 5SU
Received Not publishedLand north-east of the A4074/B4009 Elm Bridge Roundabout; and land north of the new residential development to the north of Littleworth Road, at Benson, South Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedArdley Landfill
Received Not publishedWroxton Fields Quarry, Stratford Road, Wroxton, Oxfordshire
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 publishedLand To The Rear Of 1 And 2, Longwall, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 4PG
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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