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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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Oakley Wood Landfill, Old Icknield Way, Benson, OX10 6QQ
Received Not publishedDuns Tew Quarry (East), Horsehay Farm, Duns Tew Road, Middle Barton, OX7 7DQ
Received Not publishedRaymond Brown Minerals & Recycling Ltd, Chilton Waste Transfer Station, Newbury Road, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0RP
Received Not publishedBenson C Of E School, Oxford Road, Benson, Wallingford OX10 6LX
Received Not publishedChilton Waste Transfer Facility, Prospect Farm, Downs Lane, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0RP
Received Not publishedStanton Harcourt Church Of England Primary School, Main Road, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, OX29 5RJ
Received Not publishedFinmere Quarry and Landfill Site, Banbury Road, Finmere, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedArdley Composting Site, Ashgrove Farm, Upper Heyford Road, Ardley, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedCholsey Primary School, Church Road, Cholsey, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 9PP
Received Not publishedGill Mill Quarry, Standlake Road, Ducklington, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 7PP
Received Not publishedWroxton Quarry, Stratford Road, Wroxton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 6QN
Received Not publishedWolvercote Primary School, First Turn, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 8AQ
Received Not publishedBurford Quarry, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedHatford Quarry, Sandy Lane, Hatford, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8JH
Received Not publishedBayards Hill Primary School, Waynflete Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9NU
Received Not publishedHanney Pre-school Playgroup, Elliott Building, St James CE Primary School, The Causeway, East Hanney, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 0JN
Received Not publishedMarcham C of E Primary School, Morland Road, Marcham, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6PY
Received Not publishedArdley Composting Site, Ashgrove Farm, Upper Heyford Road, Ardley, Oxfordshire, OX27 7PJ
Received Not publishedCharlbury Primary School, Crawborough Road, Charlbury, Oxfordshire, OX7 3TX
Received Not publishedArdley Waste Management Facility, Ardley Fields Farm, Ardley, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedSonning Quarry, Playhatch Road, Sonning Eye, Reading, RG4 6TX
Received Not publishedBarton Park, Northern Bypass Road, Oxford, OX3 9SD
Received Not publishedThe Warriner School, Banbury Road, Bloxham, Oxfordshire, OX15 4LJ
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 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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