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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Finmere Quarry, Banbury Road, Finmere, Oxfordshire, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedLand North of Marshall West Car Park, Pluto Road, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0DF
Received Not publishedClanfield C of E Primary School, Main Street, Clanfield, Bampton, OX18 2SP
Received Not publishedHorsehay Quarry, Middle Barton Road, Duns Tew, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedLand at Ardley Wood and Ardley Fields
Received Not publishedCastle Barn Quarry, Fairgreen Farm, Sarsden, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedAgrivert Compost Site, Battle Farm, Benson Lane, Preston Crowmarsh, Wallingford
Received Not publishedVibe Youth Centre, Park Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 8QX
Received Not publishedA34 and A4183 Lodge Hill Interchange, north of Abingdon
Received Not publishedFinmere Quarry, Banbury Road, Finmere, Oxfordshire, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedShipton on Cherwell Quarry, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedRollright Quarry, Little Rollright, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5QB
Received Not publishedQueenford lake
Received Not publishedBicester Eco Town, Land at North West Bicester, Banbury Road, Bicester, OX27 8TG
Received Not publishedWest Witney County Primary School Edington Road Witney OX28 5FZ
Received Not publishedGill Mill Quarry, Standlake Road, Ducklington, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 7PP
Received Not publishedSutton Courtenay Landfill
Received Not publishedLangford
Received Not publishedLand Off Green Lane, Great Tew
Received Not publishedThornhill Park & Ride, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 8DP
Received Not publishedTubney Wood Sand Quarry & Landfill Site, Tubney Wood, Besselsleigh, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedSt Peters Church Of England Infant School, Main Road, Alvescot, Oxfordshire, OX18 2PU
Received Not publishedLeys Children's Centre, 61-63, Cuddesdon Way, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 6SB
Received Not publishedA34 and A4183 Lodge Hill Interchange, north of Abingdon
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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