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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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sewage Treatment Works, Access Road To Sewage Works From, Grenoble Road, Sandford-on-Thames, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 4XU
Received Not publishedBowling Green Farm
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 publishedLarkmead School, Faringdon Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1RF
Received Not publishedBenson C of E Primary School, Oxford Road, Benson, Oxfordshire, OX10 6LX
Received Not publishedFormer Sutton Wick Landfill, South of Bassett Lane, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4HB
Received Not publishedClanfield C of E Primary School, Main Street, Clanfield, Bampton, OX18 2SP
Received Not publishedThe Oxfordshire Shooting School, Enstone Airfield, Enstone, OX7 4NP
Received Not publishedSewage Treatment Works, Polecat End Lane, Forest Hill, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX33 1EH
Received Not publishedHornton Quarry
Received Not publishedArdley Landfill, Station Road, Ardley, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to existing A4130, Didcot
Received Not publishedSutton Courtenay Landfill, Appleford Sidings, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4PP
Received Not publishedGreat Milton (C Of E) Primary School, High Street, Great Milton, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX44 7NT
Received Not publishedFinmere Borrow Pit, Land south of A421, Finmere, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedHanborough Manor C Of E School, Riely Close, Long Hanborough, OX29 8DJ
Received Not publishedProspect Farm, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0ST
Received Not publishedSt Michael's C Of E School, The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, Oxon, OX13 6SQ
Received Not publishedStation Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedFinmere Landfill Site, Banbury Road, Finmere, Oxfordshire, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedAppleford Sidings, Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4PW
Received Not publishedBicester Eco Town, Land at North West Bicester, Banbury Road, Bicester, OX27 8TG
Received Not publishedShennington
Received Not publishedSmiths of Bloxham
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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