Warneford Hospital Warneford Lane Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 7JX Data via plota.co.uk

25/01834/LBC - Listed Building Consent Approved at committee

Approved at planning committee on 21 April 2026. The council has not issued its decision notice yet.

Proposal

Interventions including alteration, demolition and repair of listed and curtilage listed structures to facilitate comprehensive development of the site. The works relate to the demolition of the former farmhouse and former stables; dismantling of former pavilion building and onsite reconstruction and relocation; removal of secondary attached and freestanding structures; alterations and repair of historic boundary walls; and repair and restoration of the Gate Lodge. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Jul 2025
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Validated
6 Aug 2025
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Consultation
12 Sept 2025
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Committee
21 Apr 2026
Decision notice
Not issued yet

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 448.

The consultation period closed on 3 Oct 2025.

Planning committee

Decided by Oxford City Planning Committee on 21 Apr 2026. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because heritage harm would be outweighed by repairs, conservation benefits and benefits from the wider redevelopment.
  • The committee voted to approve listed building consent and delegate authority to finalise conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposed works, heritage assessment, consultation responses, speakers, committee debate, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Oxford's committee minutes of 21 Apr 2026.

Documents 22

Consultation & comments 7

PDF Oxford preservation trust Consultee Comment · 3 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 29 Sept 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 26 Sept 2025 View ↗
PDF Divinity road area residents association Consultee Comment · 21 Sept 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 19 Sept 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 15 Sept 2025 View ↗
PDF Historic england commission Consultee Comment · 2 Sept 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Warneford Hospital, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 4 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 4 with distances
Historic England ↗
Article 4 direction
Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Tree preservation order: Warneford Hospital Warneford Lane Headington Oxford OX3 7JX
Consent is needed before work on protected trees.
Not every council has published its orders as open data, so no order shown is not proof there is none.
Air quality management area: The City of Oxford
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Oxford built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 16 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Oxford
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
OX3 7JX
Received
18 Jul 2025
Validated
6 Aug 2025
Ward
Churchill Ward
Case officer
Show
Target decision
1 Oct 2025
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Becky Hartley

Decision outlook

Day 448, past the statutory target. 84% of listed building works in Oxford are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 26 Oct 2026.

Day 448392 days past the 56-day target
49%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
165decided in the last year

Plota live figures for listed building works decided by Oxford in the last twelve months, from validation. Oxford decision record →

Public comments

6comments received
1 objecting4 neutral1 supporting

17% support · above the UK average of 16%

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 26 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14158308
Planning Portal ref
PP-14158308
Neighbours
20 Aug 2025
Consultation
12 Sept 2025
Comments by
3 Oct 2025
Site or press notice
27 Aug 2025
Statutory expiry
1 Oct 2025
Env. assessment
No
Oxford
Planning Authority Score
1.8/10
Poor
#277 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Oxford is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #261 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 57% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (89%) than the national average (90%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines
expect longer than the statutory limit
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Oxford decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #159 of 296
89%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #205 of 296
43%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #261 of 296
57%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #259 of 296
61%
Minor dwellings approved
64 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
5 decided (10+ homes)
75%
Change of use approved
117 decided
1,150
Total decisions
140 refused in the year to March 2026