41 Hayfield Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6TX Data via plota.co.uk

26/00302/FUL - Full Application Allowed on appeal

Proposal

Removal of 1no. rooflight to the rear elevation, formation of 1no. rear dormer in association with a loft conversion. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
6 Feb 2026
✓
Consultation
12 Feb 2026
✗
Refused
1 May 2026
✓
Appeal allowed
25 Sept 2026

Refused on 1 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Site constraints 9

North Oxford Victorian Suburb 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Also on the record
Special area of conservation about 358 m away: Oxford Meadows; SSSI about 358 m away: Port Meadow with Wolvercote Common & Green SSSI; National infrastructure project about 273 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application; Inside the Oxford built-up area; Priority habitat about 50 m away: Reedbeds.
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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £130,000 in June 1998. Terraced house, freehold.

19 June 1998£130,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Oxford
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
OX2 6TX
Received
6 Feb 2026
Validated
6 Feb 2026
Ward
Summertown
Case officer
Show
Target decision
1 May 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
1 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Appeal
Allowed · 25 Sept 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6011486 ↗
Applicant
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Agent
Sarah Man

How this decision compares

Decided in 84 days from validation, 28 days slower than Oxford's median of 56 for extensions. Approved, as 85% of extensions here are.

58%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
494decided in the last year

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

Public comments

4comments received
4 supporting

100% support · above the UK average of 16%

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 16 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14670525
Planning Portal ref
PP-14670525
Neighbours
10 Feb 2026
Consultation
12 Feb 2026
Comments by
13 Mar 2026
Site or press notice
13 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
3 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.