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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640 approved · 64 refused · 47 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Unknown26/01121/CAT
Works and fell various trees as specified by Thames Valley Tree Care Ltd in the X Conservation Area.
Magdalen College Sports Ground Marston Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 0EQ
Received 21 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01122/CAT
Works to various trees as specified by Thames Valley Tree Care Ltd in the Central Conservation Area.
Merton College Sports Ground Manor Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3UQ
Received 21 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01123/CAT
Works to various trees as specified by Thames Valley Tree Care Ltd in the St. Clement's And Iffley Road Conservation Area.
St Clement's Church Marston Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1FN
Received 21 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01124/CAT
Works and fell to various trees as specified by Thames Valley Tree Care Ltd in the Central Conservation Area.B020 Prunus sp. [Cherry] Fell.
Deer Park Magdalen College High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4AU
Received 21 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01125/CAT
Fell and works to various trees as specified by Thames Valley Tree Care Ltd in the Central Conservation Area.A039 Robinia pseudoacacia [False Acacia] FellA041 Tilia x europaea [Connon Lime] Reduce back to last pruning points.
Botanic Garden Forecourt High Street Oxford Oxfordshire
Received 21 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01126/CAT
Works to 1no. Prunus species tree as specified by Thames Valley Tree Care Ltd in the Central Conservation Area.A031 Prunus Sp. [Cherry] Remove and replant space with better ornamental specimen more suited to the prominent location.
61 High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4BA
Received 21 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01127/CAT
Works and fell various trees as specified by Thames ValleyTree Care Ltd in the St. Clement's And Iffley Road Conservation Area.A046 Platanus x hispanica [London Plane tree] removal of stubs and pruned limbs with minimal end growth
Waynflete Building 1 - 8 St Clement's Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1DN
Received 21 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01128/LBC
External conservation works including roof, rooflight and rainwater goods replacements, masonry repairs and limewashing.
Green College And The Old Radcliffe Observatory Woodstock Road Oxford Oxfordshire
Received 7 May 2026 - Decided26/01129/FUL
Erection of a single storey rear extension. Replacement fenestration to rear elevation. (Revised Description).
52 Hayfield Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6TU
Received 8 May 2026 - Decided26/01132/ENT
Fell 1no. dead Cherry tree as specified by Jenks Oxford Limited in the Headington Hill Conservation Area.
5 Pullens Field Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 0BU
Received 8 May 2026 - Decided26/01133/LBC
Demolition of garden walls to the rear of no. 59 Banbury Road and new college accommodation abutting curtilage listed wall to Gees Restaurant, Banbury Road.
Land At Winchester Banbury And Bevington Road Oxford Oxfordshire
Received 8 May 2026 - Decided25/02744/CND2
Details submitted in compliance with conditions 25 (contaminated land risk assessment), 26 (remediation), 27 (Unexpected contamination) of planning permission 25/02744/VAR.
Former Dominion Oils Site Railway Lane Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 4PY
Received 8 May 2026 - Decided26/01135/CAT
Fell 1no Prunus tree as specified by Liz Barton in the Old Headington Conservation area.
89 Old High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 9HT
Received 8 May 2026 - Registered26/01136/FUL
Installation of sauna facilities with associated works (additional information submitted 22/07/2026)
Stoke House 7 Stoke Place Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 9BX
Received 8 May 2026 - Registered26/01137/LBC
Installation of sauna facilities with associated works.
Stoke House 7 Stoke Place Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 9BX
Received 8 May 2026 - Decided22/02849/CND2
Details submitted in compliance with Condition 21 (SBD) and Condition 39 (CTMP) of planning permission 22/02849/FUL.
Land At Winchester Banbury And Bevington Road Oxford Oxfordshire
Received 8 May 2026 - Decided26/01139/FUL
Erection of a single storey garden room. (retrospective)
41 Park Town Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6SL
Received 8 May 2026 - Decided25/02392/CND
Details submitted in compliance with condition 4 (Ecology - Ecological Enhancement) of planning permission 25/02392/FUL.
71 Stone Meadow Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6TD
Received 8 May 2026 - Decided02/02125/NMA
Non-material amendment to planning permission 02/02125/FUL to allow alterations to approved drawings to reconfigure the flats to a one-bedroom layout.
78 Oliver Road Oxford Oxfordshire
Received 11 May 2026 - Registered26/01142/LBC
Repair and refurbishment of existing roof coverings to include removal of asbestos cement tiles, salvage and re-use of existing natural slates and clay ridge tiles, replacement reclaimed slates, repairs to lead flashings, valleys and gutters, localised timber repairs, chimney repointing and overhaul of existing cast iron rainwater goods, together with associated scaffolding and temporary works.
Port Mahon Public House 82 St Clement's Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1AW
Received 11 May 2026 - Registered26/01143/VAR
Variation (or removal) of conditions 2 (plans), condition 4 (materials), condition 5 (windows and doors), condition 8 (dust mitigation), condition 26 (hard surfaces), condition 27 (underground services), condition 28 (TPP), condition 35 (Drainage Strategy) and condition 37 (cycle parking) of planning permission 22/02849/FUL (The development of land at Winchester, Banbury and Bevington Road for the provision of student accommodation through the construction of accommodation buildings, a new villa on Bevington Road and the conversion of 43-45 Banbury Road together with a student pavilion building, an academic accommodation building, maintenance and repair works to the conservatory at 59 Banbury Road and associated landscaping works including walls and railings to roadside frontages, electrical substation, associated ancillary accommodation, access, cycle parking, accessible parking and refuse and recycling facilities (amended plans) To allow GGFL levels amendments to HC1, HC3, KC1 and KC2 in addition to an increase in building heights. Alteration to window location of KC2. Additional ramps in landscape and external stair access to HC1 basement. Installation of evacuation lifts. Relocation of Hertford ASHPs and LV room. Removal of rooflights to blocks HC1, KC1-3. Installation of PVs to HC1, HC2, KC1,2 & 3 & to roof of Hertford bike store and ASHP plant room. Repositioning of substation enclosure. Relocation of bin store. Alteration to fenestration of HC1 and HC3. Minor amendments to fenestration of KC1-KC3. Corner infill to KC2. Removal of 6no. chimneys. Replacement of 1no. window corrido units with single windows to gable ends. Alteration to fibre cement panel material to first floor. Alterations to HC3 undercroft design entrance. (Amended plans and Description)
Land At Winchester Banbury And Bevington Road Oxford Oxfordshire
Received 11 May 2026 - Decided26/01144/PDT
Removal of 6no. existing antennas. Installation of 6no. antennas, 3no. cabinets, 2no. dishes and ancillary works thereto.
Plowman Tower Westlands Drive Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 9RB
Received 11 May 2026 - Decided26/01147/CAT
Works to 1no. Walnut tree as specified by Ringrose Tree Services in the North Oxford Victorian Suburb Conservation Area.Walnut tree: Reduce back the garden side by 2 metres including the height on No1 side. Remove the low branch on No1 side.
2 Farndon Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6RS
Received 11 May 2026 - Decided25/00416/CND
Details submitted in compliance with condition 4 (Conservatory methodology), 5 (Conservatory structural works), 8 (External platform lift details) and 12 (Internal platform lift details) of listed building consent 25/00416/LBC.
3 Norham Gardens Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6PS
Received 11 May 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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