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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.
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Oxford City Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Oxford City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,477Searchable applications
450Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 704 approved or refused records
64Refused applications
640 approved · 64 refused · 47 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning & Building ControlLocal plan Local PlanPre-application advice Pre-application planning advice
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning@oxford.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiries01865252255Council source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas18 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas4 mapped area records1 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- Registered25/01364/CND
Details submitted in compliance with conditions 3 (Window details), 4(Door details), 5( Brickwork sample), and 9 (Unauthorised window) of planning permission 25/01364/FUL
8 Swan Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 0BJ
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00453/CPU
Application to certify that the proposed erection of single storey rear extension is lawful development.
40 Crowberry Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 6RE
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00456/CAT
Fell 1no Prunus and 1no Birch tree as specified by TreeScape in the North Oxford Victorian Suburb Conservation area.
12 Rawlinson Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6UE
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00457/FUL
Alterations to fenestration. Formation of a new boundary fence and a dropped kerb. Provision of access and parking.
57 Balfour Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 6AF
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00458/CEU
Application to certify that the existing House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4) is lawful development.
32 Beechey Avenue Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 0JU
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00459/CAT
Fell 1no Holm Oak tree as specified by Boward Tree Surgery (Oxford) Ltd in the Central Conservation area.
Wadham College Parks Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3PN
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00461/CAT
Works to 1no. Taxus Baccata Tree and 1no. Crabapple Tree as specified by Mr Haley in the Central conservation area.T4 - Taxus sp - Crown lift 2.5m and cut back from Buildings (up to 1m)T10 - Malus sp - Cut back from glass house (up to 1m)
40 St Giles' Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3LW
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00471/FUL
Installation of extraction system to rear elevation and associated works.
71 London Road Headington Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 9AA
Received 25 Feb 2026 - Decided25/03076/CND
Details submitted in compliance with condition 4 (Tree Protection Plan) of planning permission 25/03076/FUL.
59 Bainton Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 7AG
Received 25 Feb 2026 - Decided05/01624/NMA
Non-material amendment to planning permission 05/01624/FUL to allow alterations to reconfigure the flats to one-bedroom layouts.
2 Gerard Place Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 3HD
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Decided24/00958/CND10
Details submitted in compliance with condition 5 (Structural works) of listed building consent 24/00958/LBC
10 - 15 High Street And Part Of Covered Market Market Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3DZ
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Awaiting decision24/00958/CND11
Details submitted in compliance with condition 5 (Structural works) of listed building consent 24/00958/LBC
10 - 15 High Street And Part Of Covered Market Market Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3DZ
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00496/FUL
Erection of a part single, part two-storey extension to east elevation. Installation of roof insulation and insertion of 2no. rooflights to west facing roofslope.
1A Mill Lane Marston Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 0PY
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided03/01691/NMA
Non-material amendment to planning permission 03/01691/FUL to allow alterations to approved drawings to reconfigure the flats to a one-bedroom layout.
10 Cinnaminta Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 7JB
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00504/LBC
Alterations to existing extension roof and associated works.
92 St Clement's Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1AR
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided24/01148/CND3
Details submitted in compliance with condition 2 (LB Consent - approved plans) of listed building consent 24/01148/LBC.
The Deanery Christ Church College St Aldate's Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1DP
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Decided24/02892/NMA2
Non-Material amendment to planning permission 24/02892/VAR to allow for an amendment to 1no. window with a central panel to a spandrel panel on South West elevation.
19 Between Towns Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 3LX
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Decided25/01578/CND
Details submitted in compliance with conditions 3 (Further Details- Windows), 4 (Further Details- Methodology) of listed building consent 25/01578/LBC.
Flat 23 Morris House Bennett Crescent Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 2UG
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00522/FUL
Demolition of garage. Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a large House in Multiple Occupation (Sui Generis). Erection of a single storey side and a first floor rear extension.
59 Cherwell Drive Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 0ND
Received 3 Mar 2026 - Registered23/01131/CND2
Details submitted in compliance with conditions 5 (Phasing / time limits), 8 (Design details - new statues + additions), 9 (Statue paint finishes) and 11 (Public engagement programme) of listed building consent 23/01131/LBC.
Clarendon Building Broad Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3BA
Received 4 Mar 2026 - Decided25/01203/CND
Details submitted in compliance with conditions 1 (Development begun within time limit), 2 (Develop in accordance with approved plans), 6 (Obscure - first floor study windows), 7 (Bin store- acceptable), 8 (Bicycle store - further information), 10 (Energy Efficiency), 11 (Water Efficiency), 12 (Drainage Strategy), 13 (Time limit - ecological surveys), 18 (AMS) and 19 (TPP) of planning permission 25/01203/FUL.
26 Sunderland Avenue Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 8DX
Received 4 Mar 2026 - Decided24/00958/CND12
Details submitted in compliance with condition 5 (Structural works) of listed building consent 24/00958/LBC
10 - 12 High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4DB
Received 4 Mar 2026 - Decided24/01344/CND11
Details submitted in compliance with condition 11 (Archaeology WSI) of planning permission 24/01344/FUL.
Waynflete Building 1 - 8 St Clement's Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1DN
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00569/FUL
Erection of a two and a half storey side and a single storey rear extension to the basement level. Alterations to fenestration, formation of railing around basement courtyard.
100 Kingston Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6RN
Received 6 Mar 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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