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Planning Control | Conservation | Building Control | Local Land Charges
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Oxford Local Plan | Local Development Scheme | Statement of Community Involvement | Sustainability Appraisal | Annual Monitoring Report | Core Strategy | West End AAP | Supplementary Planning Documents | Policy Documents and Publications | Westgate CPO Inquiry | Bonn Square Re-development
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The main role of the Planning Policy team is to produce the statutory planning policy framework which guides the future land use planning in Oxford. This is an ongoing process with new documents being drafted, consulted upon and published regularly.
Planning Policy are responsible for implementing planning policies which help to ensure that the relevant social and physical infrastructure is provided whilst protecting and enhancing Oxford's natural environment.
The Oxford Local Plan sets out policies against which planning applications for development will be judged. Visit our Oxford Local Plan 2001-2016 page for full details.
The Local Development Framework is a relatively new type of planning system which requires local authorities to produce a number of new documents. We began work on our LDF at the beginning of 2005. More details explaining what a LDF is, can be found in the document below:
| Local Development Framework document |
| Document Title |
Current status (see LDS for more detail) |
| Development Plan Documents (DPDs) | |
| Core Strategy | Preferred Options Mar 07 |
| West End Area Action Plan | Submitted to Secretary of State Jun 2007 |
| Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) | |
| Affordable Housing SPD | Adopted Nov 06 |
| Natural Resource Impact Analysis SPD | Adopted Nov 06 |
| Parking Standards SPD | Adopted Feb 07 |
| Planning Obligations SPD | Adopted Apr 07 |
| Telecommunications SPD | Adopted Sep 07 |
| Balance of Dwellings SPD | Due to be adopted Jan 08 |
| Other LDF documents | |
| Local Development Scheme 2007-2010 | Annual |
| Statement of Community Involvement | Adopted Oct 06 |
| Sustainability Appraisal | Ongoing with each DPD and SPD |
| Annual Monitoring Report | Annual |
| Proposals Map (revised as each new DPD adopted) | Current version Nov 05 |
In the past we have produced, or have commissioned, other documents which informed the review of the Local Plan. Some of these can be downloaded and include Development Guidelines (SPGs) for particular sites in Oxford, issues papers, topic papers and other studies. Visit our Policy Documents and Publications page for more information.
The Oxford Local Plan 2001-2016 was adopted on the 11 Nov 2005.
The Local Development Scheme (LDS) is one component of the Local Development Framework and shows the local community what our current planning policies are.
Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) produced as part of the Local Development Framework
Information about sustainability appraisals
The Annual Monitoring Report was produced as part of the Local Development Framework
The Core Strategy is part of the Local Development Framework
The West End Area Action Plan is part of the LDF
Supplementary Planning Documents are part of the Local Development Framework
There are a number of publicly available policy documents.
Information about the Westgate Compulsory Purchase Order inquiry
Information about the re-development of Bonn Square
Page last reviewed 8 Apr 2008