Information about planning applications and policy in Oxfordshire.
In most cases planning applications are dealt with by the district councils. Oxfordshire County Council is responsible for deciding planning application that are concerned with the management of waste or extraction of minerals, and applications for development by the county council itself, for example extensions to schools or libraries.
To make a planning application to Oxfordshire County Council use the Planning Portal. Further help and guidance about making planning applications is also available on the Planning Portal.
Whom to contact about different types of planning applications, and information about how our planning process works. To find out more about how the planning process works and how the Development Control Team at Oxfordshire County Council will deal with the comments that you send to us, please view the leaflet:
We formulate policies for the Minerals & Waste Local Development Framework. Other relevant policies for Oxfordshire are in the South East Plan and district council plans. There are also three policies from the now superseded Structure Plan that are still in force.
The Government have named North West Bicester as one of the new eco-town locations in the new eco-towns Planning Policy Statement. Weston Otmoor is not on this recently published shortlist of favoured eco-town schemes.
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