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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.
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640 approved · 64 refused · 47 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wolfson College Linton Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6UD
Received 23 Jul 2026173 Hollow Way Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 2NE
Received 23 Jul 20269 Bardwell Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6SU
Received 23 Jul 2026Stoke House 7 Stoke Place Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 9BX
Received 23 Jul 202631 Edgeway Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 0HD
Received 23 Jul 20265 Bricklayers Court Butts Lane Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 0PU
Received 23 Jul 202673 Church Way Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 4EF
Received 23 Jul 2026The Old Malthouse 19A Paradise Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1LD
Received 23 Jul 2026Swan Court Paradise Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1JB
Received 23 Jul 20264200 Nash Court John Smith Drive Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 2RU
Received 24 Jul 2026Cranbrook House 287 - 291 Banbury Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 7JQ
Received 24 Jul 202650 Derwent Avenue Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 0AP
Received 24 Jul 2026University Running Ground Iffley Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1EQ
Received 24 Jul 2026Town Hall St Aldate's Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1BX
Received 24 Jul 2026Orchard House 13 Squitchey Lane Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 7LD
Received 24 Jul 2026Main Building St Hughs College St Margaret's Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6LE
Received 24 Jul 202632 Oxford Road Old Marston Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 0PQ
Received 27 Jul 2026Oxford University Press Great Clarendon Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6DP
Received 27 Jul 202614 Dunstan Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 9BY
Received 27 Jul 202613 Rolfe Place Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 0DS
Received 27 Jul 202643 Sandy Lane Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 6AN
Received 27 Jul 202621 St Thomas Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1JJ
Received 27 Jul 2026Garage Associated With 117 Leafield Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 2PQ
Received 27 Jul 20265 Chilswell Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4PQ
Received 27 Jul 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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