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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Prospect Farm
Received Not publishedTubney Wood Sandpit, Oaksmere, Appleton, Abingdon, Oxon, OX13 5QU
Received Not publishedM&M
Received Not publishedFerris Hill Farm, Sibford Road, Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, OX15 5JY
Received Not publishedHanson Aggregates, Appleford Sidings, Portway, Appleford, Abingdon, OX14 4PW
Received Not publishedBure Park Primary School, Lucerne Avenue, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 3BP
Received Not publishedA34 and A4183 Lodge Hill Interchange, north of Abingdon.
Received Not publishedLand North of Deddington Highways Maintenance Depot, Banbury Road, Deddington, OX15 0TS
Received Not publishedFinmere Landfill Site, Banbury Road, Finmere, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedA40/B4022 Shores Green Junction
Received Not publishedFitzwaryn School, Denchworth Road, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 9ET
Received Not publishedHatford Quarry
Received Not publishedDuns Tew Quarry (East), Horsehay Farm, Duns Tew Road, Middle Barton, OX7 7DQ
Received Not publishedHatford Quarry, Fernham Road, Hatford, Faringdon, SN7 8JQ
Received Not publishedShipton-on-Cherwell Quarry, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedA40/B4022 Shores Green Junction
Received Not publishedSt Blaise CE Primary School, School lane, Milton Heights, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4DR
Received Not publishedArdley Quarry
Received Not publishedLakeside Industrial Park, Witney Road, Standlake, Oxfordshire, OX29 7PJ
Received Not publishedLand north-east of the A4074/B4009 Elm Bridge Roundabout and south-west of the Cala Homes residential development site at Benson, South Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedWaste Recycling And Transfer Complex, Thorpe Mead, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 4RZ
Received Not publishedWoodeaton Quarry, B4027, Woodeaton, Oxford, OX3 9GU
Received Not publishedAmbrose Quarry, Old Henley Road, Ewelme, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, RG9 5SS
Received Not publishedAlkerton HWRC, Stratford Road, Alkerton, Oxfordshire, OX15 6HZ
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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