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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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Fitzharrys School, Northcourt Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1NP
Received Not publishedBerinsfield Family Centre, Former Abbey School, Wimblestraw Road, Berinsfield, Oxfordshire, OX10 7LZ
Received Not publishedNorth Leigh C of E School, Park Road, North Leigh, Witney, OX29 6SS
Received Not publishedTrinity Pre-School, Vicarage Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 1HJ
Received Not publishedWorsham Quarry
Received Not publishedShrivenham Primary School, High Street, Shrivenham, Swindon, Wilts, SN6 8AA
Received Not publishedWoodeaton Quarry, Woodeaton, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9GU
Received Not publishedSutton Courtenay Landfill
Received Not publishedWaterlands Farm
Received Not publishedLand at Shipton-on-Cherwell Quarry, Bunkers Hill, Kidlington, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedLand to the west of Shellingford Quarry, Stanford Road, Stanford-in-the-Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HE
Received Not publishedSt Nicholas First School, Raymund Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 0PJ
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 publishedHanson Aggregates, Appleford Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4PW
Received Not publishedChinham Hill, Bowling Green Farm Quarry Complex, Faringdon
Received Not publishedLand at Sutton Wick Quarry, Sutton Wick, Abingdon
Received Not publishedOxford Road – Land to the north-east of Elm Bridge Roundabout
Received Not publishedWitney Sewage Treatment Works, New Close Lane, Witney OX28 5JH
Received Not publishedLand to the west of Shellingford Quarry, Stanford Road, Stanford-in-the-Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HE
Received Not publishedAston Rowant C Of E Primary School, School Lane, Aston Rowant, Watlington, Oxfordshire, OX49 5SU
Received Not publishedGreenhill Quarry, Bletchingdon
Received Not publishedShellingford Quarry, Shellingford Crossroads, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8HE
Received Not publishedFrank Wise School, Hornbeam Close, Banbury, Oxon, OX16 9RL
Received Not publishedSt Nicholas First School, Raymund Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 0PJ
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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