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640 approved · 64 refused · 47 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Magdalen College High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4AU
Received 24 Apr 2026Flat 4 Hurst House 27A Hurst Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1HA
Received 28 Apr 202642 Lakeside Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 8JH
Received 28 Apr 2026Linton Lodge Hotel 11-13 Linton Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6UJ
Received 28 Apr 202617 Norham Gardens Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6PS
Received 28 Apr 2026Keble College Parks Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3PG
Received 27 Apr 20261 - 4 Cambridge Terrace Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1RR
Received 28 Apr 2026Land Rear Of 32A And 32B Jack Straw's Lane Oxford Oxfordshire
Received 21 Apr 2026Site Of 6-25 Pusey Lane Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 2LF
Received 28 Apr 202629 Chatham Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4UZ
Received 29 Apr 2026Magdalen College High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4AU
Received 29 Apr 202643 Sandy Lane Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 6AN
Received 29 Apr 2026Oise House 38 Binsey Lane Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 0EX
Received 29 Apr 2026Redland Road Square Redland Road Oxford Oxfordshire
Received 29 Apr 2026Cantay House 36 - 39 Park End Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1JD
Received 28 Apr 2026Hertford College Catte Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3BW
Received 29 Apr 202639 Pegasus Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 6DS
Received 29 Apr 20269 St Cross Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3TN
Received 29 Apr 2026102 High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4BW
Received 29 Apr 2026Wootten House 5 Wootten Drive Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 4DS
Received 29 Apr 2026127 Kingston Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6RW
Received 30 Apr 2026127 Kingston Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6RW
Received 30 Apr 202612 Norham Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6SF
Received 30 Apr 202621 Hillsborough Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 3SL
Received 30 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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