Mansfield College Mansfield Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3TF Data via plota.co.uk

25/03195/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Demolition of the John Marsh Building, 6-8 Mansfield Road, Staircase E and the Garden Building and erection of a four storey building and basement to provide student accommodation and academic space. Two storey mews building to the north of the north range of buildings to provide plant and operational space and a three storey extension to the Champneys north range buildings to provide lift access. Removal of parking area and provision of a pocket park at the entrance with associated landscaping and hard surfacing works. Provision of cycle parking (amended plans and additional information) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 10 Oct 2026, 06:42

Application progress

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Received

1 Dec 2025

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Validated

9 Dec 2025

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Consultation

6 May 2026

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Approved

3 Aug 2026

Approved on 3 Aug 2026 · Committee or Called In to Committee · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Oxford City Planning Committee on 26 May 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because public benefits outweighed heritage harm and the scheme complied with relevant policies.
Consultees raised concerns about heritage, cycling, security and construction impacts, while no third-party comments were received.
The committee approved the application with conditions, a legal agreement and an added road condition survey requirement.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation, debate, vote and decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Oxford's committee minutes of 26 May 2026.

Documents 201

Decision & officer reports 3

PDF Ful decision Decision · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Committee report Report · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Committee report - 26.05.2026 Report · 26 May 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 72

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 95

Application forms 2

PDF Application form redacted Application Form · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Cil form Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Highways response note Other · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 9

10 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Mansfield College, Grade II*, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II*, 7 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 10 with distances

0 mMansfield CollegeGrade II*
31 mScreen in Front of the Chapel Along Mansfield RoadGrade II
63 m2, South Parks RoadGrade II
83 m1, South Parks RoadGrade II
97 mDyson Perrins Chemistry LaboratoryGrade II
107 mWadham College, Main Quadrangle Including Chapel, Hall, Kitchen, Library and CloisterGrade I
129 mRhodes HouseGrade II*
137 m9, Mansfield RoadGrade II
138 m1, Savile RoadGrade II
150 mWadham College, East Garden WallGrade II

Historic England ↗

Central conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Council document ↗

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.

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.

Registered park or garden about 96 m away: Wadham College

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

SSSI about 395 m away: Magdalen Grove SSSI; Inside the Oxford built-up area; National infrastructure project about 1211 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 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 Planning Inspectorate 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: Full Application
Postcode: OX1 3TF
Received: 1 Dec 2025
Validated: 9 Dec 2025
Ward: Holywell Ward
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 30 Jul 2026
Decision: Approved
Decision date: 3 Aug 2026
Decision level: Committee or Called In to Committee
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show
Freehold owner: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 237 days from validation, 178 days slower than Oxford's median of 59 for full applications. Approved, as 87% of full applications here are.

This one237d

Council59d

UK56d

46%decided within 8 weeks

87%approved

800decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Oxford in the last twelve months, from validation. Oxford decision record →

Public comments

1comment received

1 neutral

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 3 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14434217
Planning Portal ref: PP-14434217
Neighbours: 26 Mar 2026
Consultation: 6 May 2026
Comments by: 27 May 2026
Site or press notice: 16 Dec 2025
Committee: 26 May 2026
Statutory expiry: 10 Mar 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

39 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025

Demolition of the John Marsh Building, 6-8 Mansfield Road, Staircase E and the Garden Bui…

25/03196/LBC 1 Dec 2025

2025

Demolition of the John Marsh Building, 6-8 Mansfield Road, Staircase E and the Garden Bui…

25/03196/LBC 1 Dec 2025

2025 Approved

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25/00798/SCREEN 8 Apr 2025

2025 Approved

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25/00798/SCREEN 8 Apr 2025

2023 Approved

Works to 14no. Lime Trees and 1no. Ash Tree as specified by Treetech Arb Services in the…

23/02787/CAT 28 Dec 2023

2023 Approved

Works to 14no. Lime Trees and 1no. Ash Tree as specified by Treetech Arb Services in the…

23/02787/CAT 28 Dec 2023

2019 Approved

Works to 5no. Lime Trees as specified by Tohunga Tree Services in the Central Conservatio…

19/02866/CAT 28 Nov 2019

2019 Approved

Works to 5no. Lime Trees as specified by Tohunga Tree Services in the Central Conservatio…

19/02866/CAT 28 Nov 2019

2018 Approved

Works to 1no. Ailanthus Altissima Tree as specified by Tohunga Tree Services in the Centr…

18/03264/CAT 3 Jan 2019

2018 Approved

Works to 1no. Ailanthus Altissima Tree as specified by Tohunga Tree Services in the Centr…

18/03264/CAT 3 Jan 2019

2016 Approved

Non-material amendment of planning permission 13/01637/FUL to allow insertion of window t…

13/01637/NMA3 24 Oct 2016

2016 Approved

Non material amendments to planning permission 13/01637/FUL to allow alterations to South…

13/01637/NMA2 26 Jun 2016

2016 Approved

Undertake excavations and sever fibrous roots from Lime Trees in the Central Conservation…

16/00415/CAT 11 Mar 2016

2016 Approved

Details submitted in compliance with condition 19 (Implementation of programme) of planni…

13/01637/CND3 28 Jan 2016

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2021 Approved

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2016 Approved

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Oxford

Planning Authority Score

1.8/10

Poor

#277 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder 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

Mansfield College Mansfield Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3TF Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Planning committee

Documents 201

Decision & officer reports 3

Statements & assessments 72

Plans & drawings 95

Application forms 2

Consultation & comments 1

Other documents 28

Site constraints 9

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