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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 of Southam Road, Banbury, OX16 1ST
Received Not publishedFormer Con Bloc Works, Linch Hill, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, OX25 5BB
Received Not publishedRutherford Avenue, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Harwell, OX11 0DF
Received Not publishedNettlebed Community School, High Street, Nettlebed, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 5DA
Received Not publishedFinmere Quarry, Banbury Road, Finmere, Oxfordshire, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedLandfill No 2 Site, Goulds Grove, Ewelme, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 6PJ
Received Not publishedHundridge Farm
Received Not publishedSutton Wick Sand and Gravel
Received Not publishedWilliam Fletcher School, Rutten Lane, Yarnton, Oxfordshire, OX5 1LW
Received Not publishedArdley Energy Recovery Facility, Middleton Stoney Road, Ardley, Oxfordshire OX27 7AA
Received Not publishedFerris Hill Farm
Received Not publishedChalk Quarry, Chinnor Cement Works, Chinnor
Received Not publishedHatford Quarry, Sandy Lane, Hatford, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8JH
Received Not publishedSand & Gravel Pit, Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4PP
Received Not publishedPlot J Lakeside Industrial Park, Standlake
Received Not publishedQueens Dyke School, Burwell Drive, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 5JW
Received Not publishedDeddington Depot, Banbury Road, Deddington, Oxfordshire, OX15 0TS
Received Not publishedLand of Southam Road, Banbury, OX16 1ST
Received Not publishedBicester Childrens Centre, Glory Farm School Site, Hendon Place, Bicester, OX26 4YJ
Received Not publishedBridge Farm Quarry, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4PP
Received Not publishedRadley C of E Primary School, Church Road, Radley, Oxfordshire, OX14 3QF
Received Not publishedSutton Courtenay Landfill, Appleford Sidings, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4PW
Received Not publishedFormer Wicklesham Quarry, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7PH
Received Not publishedWhitecross Metals, Whitecross, Wootton, Abingdon, Oxon, OX13 6BS
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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Understanding planning · 13 min read
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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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