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2,477 approved · 92 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 the North of Plot 27, The Oxford Science Park, Oxford
Received Not publishedLand Adjoining Stone Hills Lane, Oday Hill, Sutton Wick, Abingdon, OX14 4AA
Received Not publishedCastle Barn Quarry, Fairgreen Farm, Sarsden, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedWheatley Park School, Road Passing Wheatley Park School, Holton, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX33 1QH
Received Not publishedA4130 between Steventon Lights/High Street junction and Milton Interchange including the junction with Trenchard Avenue
Received Not publishedThe Old Railway Halt Scrapyard, Great Rollright, Chipping Norton, OX7 5RE
Received Not publishedElmwood Farm
Received Not publishedClifton Hampden C of E Primary School, High Street, Clifton Hampden, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3EE
Received Not publishedEynsham County Primary School, Beech Road, Eynsham, Oxfordshire, OX29 4LJ
Received Not publishedGreat Tew Ironstone Quarry, Butchers Hill, Great Tew, Chipping Norton, OX7 4BT
Received Not publishedLand of Southam Road, Banbury, OX16 1ST
Received Not publishedCastle Barn Quarry, Fairgreen Farm, Sarsden, Chipping Norton
Received Not publishedBowling Green Farm, Stanford Road, Faringdon
Received Not publishedWallingford AD Facility, Benson Lane, Benson, Wallingford OX10 6SQ
Received Not publishedAbbey House, The Abbey House, Abbey Close, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 3JE
Received Not publishedLand Adjoining Stone Hills Lane, Oday Hill, Sutton Wick, Abingdon, OX14 4AA
Received Not publishedShipton On Cherwell Quarry, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedEynsham Primary School, Beech Road, Eynsham, Witney, OX29 4LJ
Received Not publishedCaversham Quarry, Sonning Eye, Reading, Oxfordshire, RG4 6TX
Received Not publishedCastle Barn Quarry, Fairgreen Farm, Sarsden, Chipping Norton
Received Not publishedLongworth Undenominational, Bow Bank, Longworth, OX13 5EU
Received Not publishedTubney Wood Sand & Quarry Landfill Site, Besselsleigh, Oxon
Received Not publishedShowell Farm, Banbury Road, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
Received Not publishedJohn Hampden Primary School, Park Street, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 3HU
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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