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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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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A34 and A4183 Lodge Hill Interchange, north of Abingdon
Received Not publishedFinmere Quarry
Received Not publishedPavestone Concrete Works, Burford Quarry, Burford Road, Brize Norton, Oxon, OX18 3WN
Received Not publishedThornhill Park & Ride, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 8DP
Received Not publishedGosford Hill School, Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 2NT
Received Not publishedMarcham C Of E Primary School, Morland Road, Marcham, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6PY
Received Not publishedDix Pit landfill site, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedLand West of Cuckoo Lane and Adjacent to the A40, West Oxfordshire, Eynsham, OX29 4PU
Received Not publishedAlkerton Quarry, Rattlecombe Road, Alkerton with Shennington
Received Not publishedDewars Farm Quarry and land to the north-east
Received Not publishedFinmere Quarry, Banbury Road, Finmere, Oxfordshire, MK18 4AJ
Received Not publishedLand West of Cuckoo lane and adjacent to the A40, Eynsham, West Oxfordshire, OX29 4PU
Received Not publishedGrundon Waste Management Ltd, Goulds Grove, Ewelme, WALLINGFORD, OX10 6PJ
Received Not publishedLand South of Hanger 10, Becquerel Avenue, Harwell
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 publishedOxford Sewage Treatment Works, Sandford on Thames, Oxford, OX4 4XU
Received Not publishedA34 and A4183 Lodge Hill Interchange, north of Abingdon
Received Not publishedMerton Street, Banbury
Received Not publishedPegasus First School, Field Avenue, Oxford, OX4 6RQ
Received Not publishedLaunton Church Of England School, Bicester Road, Launton, Oxfordshire, OX26 5DP
Received Not publishedPophleys farm
Received Not publishedStadhampton Primary School, Cratlands Close, Stadhampton, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX44 7XL
Received Not publishedChildrey Quarry, Childrey, Wantage
Received Not publishedBurford Quarry, Burford Road, Brize Norton,Oxfordshire,OX183NN
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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