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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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Bury Knowle House, North Place, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9HY
Received Not publishedThames Water Plc, Wallingford Road, Cholsey, Wallingford, OX10 9LB
Received Not publishedEwelme Depot, Goulds Grove, Ewelme
Received Not publishedGreat Tew Brown Ironstone Quarry, Butchers Hill, Great Tew, Oxon
Received Not publishedNew Barn Farm, Cholsey, Nr Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 9HA
Received Not publishedWood Farm Primary School, Titup Hall Drive, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 8QQ
Received Not publishedHatford Quarry, Sandy Lane, Hatford, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8JH
Received Not publishedHanborough Manor C Of E School, Riely Close, Long Hanborough, Oxfordshire, OX29 8DJ
Received Not publishedSouthwest of Tramway Road Roundabout of Station Approach Road South, Banbury
Received Not publishedSt Nicholas C Of E Infant School, St Nicholas Road, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8HX
Received Not publishedPlayhatch Quarry
Received Not publishedB&E Transport
Received Not publishedStanford in the Vale HWRC, Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale, Oxfordshire, SN7 8LD
Received Not publishedKaleidoscope Family Centre, Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 1AB
Received Not publishedChilton County Primary School, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0PQ
Received Not publishedBlewbury C of E Primary School, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QB
Received Not publishedHanson Building Products, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4PW
Received Not publishedBridge Farm Quarry, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4PP
Received Not publishedMatthew Arnold School, Arnolds Way, Cumnor Hill, Oxford, Oxon, OX2 9JB
Received Not publishedGill Mill, Standlake Road, Ducklington, Witney, OX29 7PP
Received Not publishedStanford Primary School, High Street, Stanford in The Vale, Faringdon, Oxfordshire SN7 8LH
Received Not publishedAlkerton Quarry, Rattlecombe Road, Alkerton with Shennington
Received Not publishedBicester Eco Town, Land at North West Bicester, Banbury Road, Bicester, OX27 8TG
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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