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640 approved · 64 refused · 47 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
54 St Mary's Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1PY
Received 8 Sept 20265 Mansfield Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3SZ
Received 9 Sept 2026Site Of The Dale Oxford Oxfordshire
Received 9 Sept 2026St Catherine's College Manor Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3UJ
Received 9 Sept 2026Flats 1 - 8 Aubrey Court Woodhouse Way Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 4JN
Received 4 Sept 2026Flats 9 - 13 Aubrey Court Woodhouse Way Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 4JN
Received 4 Sept 2026St Anne's College Woodstock Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6HS
Received 9 Sept 2026Plot 2000 John Smith Drive Oxford Oxfordshire
Received 9 Sept 20268 St Leonard's Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 8AA
Received 9 Sept 2026Land Adjoining Gloucester House (Worcester College) Worcester Place Oxford Oxfordshire
Received 9 Sept 202610 Walton Well Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6ED
Received 10 Sept 202649 White Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 2JJ
Received 10 Sept 2026Wisteria Cottage Pullens Lane Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 0BZ
Received 10 Sept 2026Magdalen College School Cowley Place Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1DZ
Received 10 Sept 2026Former Dominion Oils Site Railway Lane Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 4PY
Received 10 Sept 2026Pembroke College Brewer Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1DW
Received 10 Sept 202629 Beaumont Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 2NP
Received 9 Sept 20267 Walton Crescent Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 2JG
Received 10 Sept 202637 Richmond Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 2JJ
Received 10 Sept 202678 Divinity Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1LN
Received 11 Sept 2026112 Banbury Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6JU
Received 11 Sept 20261 Hill View Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 0DA
Received 10 Sept 2026Land Opposite Combe Road Canal Side Oxford Oxfordshire
Received 11 Sept 2026The White Rabbit 21 Friars Entry Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 2BY
Received 11 Sept 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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