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640 approved · 64 refused · 47 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23A Islip Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 7SN
Received 21 Apr 202628 Jack Straw's Lane Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 0DW
Received 21 Apr 20265 Shelley Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 3EA
Received 21 Apr 202616 Percy Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 3AA
Received 21 Apr 2026Oxford High School Belbroughton Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6XA
Received 21 Apr 2026Osney Yard Bridge Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 0AZ
Received 21 Apr 20266 Woodruff Close Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 6QZ
Received 21 Apr 202640 Walton Crescent Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 2JQ
Received 21 Apr 202658 Hamilton Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 7PZ
Received 22 Apr 2026261 Banbury Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 7HN
Received 21 Apr 2026Magdalen College High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4AU
Received 21 Apr 20264 Moreton Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 7AX
Received 22 Apr 20269 Linton Road Oxford Oxfordshire
Received 22 Apr 202610 St Michael's Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 2DU
Received 22 Apr 202691 London Road Headington Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 9AF
Received 22 Apr 202678 Barton Village Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 9LB
Received 23 Apr 2026Cranbrook House 287 - 291 Banbury Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 7JQ
Received 23 Apr 2026Holywell Ford St Cross Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3TP
Received 23 Apr 2026Land At Blackbird Leys Road And Knights Road Oxford Oxfordshire
Received 23 Apr 2026191 Woodstock Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 7AB
Received 22 Apr 2026Magdalen College High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4AU
Received 22 Apr 202617 Norham Gardens Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6PS
Received 23 Apr 202617 Norham Gardens Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6PS
Received 23 Apr 202611 Peel Place Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4UT
Received 23 Apr 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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