Oxford planning committee decisions

29 decisions from the committee's minutes, 7 Oct 2025 to 15 Sep 2026. Each sets out what was proposed, what officers advised, what was said and how the committee decided.

Every decision followed officer advice

Below the rate across all 346 councils with committee decisions on Plota (11.1%), 177th highest of 205 councils with at least 15 decisions.

Decisions
29
Approved
93.1%
Against officer advice
0%
Meetings
11

How Oxford compares

Share of decisions against officer advice at the 205 councils with at least 15 decisions on Plota. Each dot is a council.

0%82%
Where Oxford ranks, of 205 councils
175Surrey Heath0%0 of 29
176Hastings0%0 of 29
177Oxford0%0 of 29
178Enfield0%0 of 29
179St Helens0%0 of 28

Source: Plota analysis of committee minutes from 346 councils.

More or less favourable than its officers?

Oxford's committee is in line with its officers. Officers recommended approval in 96.4% of these decisions; the committee approved 96.4%.

Officers recommended approval96%
Committee approved96%

Across all 346 councils, committees approve 2.6 points fewer than their officers recommend, and Oxford is close to that.

Over the 28 decided applications with a clear officer recommendation.

Source: Plota analysis of Oxford's planning committee minutes and officer reports.

What it decides

93.1% approved and 6.9% refused. Oxford's minutes do not record vote counts.

Show as a table
MonthApprovedRefusedOther
Oct 25300
Nov 25310
Dec 25210
Jan 26100
Feb 26100
Apr 26500
May 26300
Jun 26200
Jul 26500
Aug 26100
Sep 26100

Source: Plota analysis of Oxford's planning committee minutes.

Latest decisions

Newest first. Each links to the full write-up: the proposal, the officers' advice, what was said and the vote.

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