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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land at Linch Hill and Watkins Farm
Received Not publishedCommunity Centre, Church View, Bampton, Oxfordshire, OX18 2NE
Received Not publishedBanbury School, Ruskin Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9HY
Received Not publishedOxford Parkway, Oxford, OX2 8HA
Received Not publishedThornhill Park & Ride, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 8DP
Received Not publishedArdley Landfill Site, Station Road, Ardley, Bicester, OX27 7PH
Received Not publishedRadley C Of E School, Church Road, Radley, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 3QF
Received Not publishedFinmere Quarry, Banbury Road, Finmere, Buckinghamshire, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedDuns Tew Quarry (East), Horsehay Farm, Duns Tew Road, Middle Barton, OX7 7DQ
Received Not publishedLand North of the Dog Public House, Peppard, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedLand at Culham Weir, Culham, Abingdon OX14 4NJ
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 publishedCassington Anaerobic Digestion Plant
Received Not publishedGill Mill Quarry, Standlake Road, Ducklington, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 7PP
Received Not publishedGill Mill Farm, Tar Road, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, OX29 7PP
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 publishedBicester Eco Town, Land at North West Bicester, Banbury Road, Bicester, OX27 8TG
Received Not publishedBridge Farm Quarry, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4PP
Received Not publishedBloxham Church Of England Primary School, Tadmarton Road, Bloxham, Oxfordshire, OX15 4HP
Received Not publishedArdley Fields Farm, Middleton Stoney Road, Ardley, Oxfordshire, OX27 7PH
Received Not publishedHinton Composting Facility, Glebe Farm, Priors Lane, Faringdon, Hinton Waldrist, SN7 8RX
Received Not publishedNew Wintles Farm
Received Not publishedBrightwell C Of E Primary School, Greenmere, Brightwell-cum-sotwell, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 0QH
Received Not publishedAmbrosden
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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