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 · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Oxford City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
640 approved · 64 refused · 47 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 May 2023 to 25 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Marston Paddock Butts Lane Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 0QN
Received 16 Feb 2026Parcel 1 Land Bounded By A34 And A44 And A40 Woodstock Road Oxford Oxfordshire
Received 16 Feb 2026Blue Boar Quad Christ Church St Aldate's Oxford Oxfordshire
Received 16 Feb 2026Blue Boar Quad Christ Church St Aldate's Oxford Oxfordshire
Received 16 Feb 2026High Wall Pullens Lane Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 0BX
Received 17 Feb 202652 St Peter's Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 8AX
Received 17 Feb 2026172 Abingdon Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4RA
Received 17 Feb 2026St Andrews House St Andrew's Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 9DL
Received 18 Feb 20269 Summerfield Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4RU
Received 18 Feb 202610 Charlbury Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6UT
Received 18 Feb 202672 Wolsey Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 7TA
Received 18 Feb 2026South Side Oxpens Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1RX
Received 18 Feb 202639 Richmond Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 2JJ
Received 17 Feb 202639 Richmond Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 2JJ
Received 17 Feb 2026Land RunningFrom Sth Of Grenoble Rd To Horspath Depot-Horspath Rd+RedbridgeP+R-Abingdon Rd Grenoble Road Oxford Oxfordshire
Received 17 Feb 202699 Woodstock Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6HL
Received 17 Feb 202610 Belbroughton Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6UZ
Received 17 Feb 202630A Cardigan Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6BP
Received 17 Feb 2026Apartments 5 To 10 Krebs Gardens Oxford Oxfordshire
Received 18 Feb 202617 Norham Gardens Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6PS
Received 18 Feb 20267 Park Town Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6SN
Received 19 Feb 202624 St Thomas Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1JJ
Received 19 Feb 20261 Ockham Mews Bardwell Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6SR
Received 19 Feb 2026Rye St Antony School Pullens Lane Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 0BY
Received 19 Feb 2026Records 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 Oxford City 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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