Flats 1 - 8 Aubrey Court Woodhouse Way Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 4JN Data via plota.co.uk

26/02182/PDT - Permitted Dev Check -Telecoms Approved

Proposal

Installation of fibre optic infrastructure to provide high-speed broadband services and associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
4 Sept 2026
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Validated
18 Sept 2026
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Approved
24 Sept 2026

Approved on 24 Sept 2026 · Delegated decision · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

Iffley Village 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 ↗
Also on the record
3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Tree preservation order about 19 m away: Hawkwell House Hotel Church Way Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 4DZ; 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 25 September 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 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
Permitted Dev Check -Telecoms
Postcode
OX4 4JN
Received
4 Sept 2026
Validated
18 Sept 2026
Ward
Rose Hill And Iffley Ward
Target decision
16 Oct 2026
Decision
Permission not required
Decision date
24 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Stuart King

How this decision compares

Decided in 6 days from validation, 47 days faster than Oxford's median of 53 for utility and infrastructure works. Approved, as 97% of utility and infrastructure works here are.

75%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
99decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 25 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
16 Oct 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