Oriel College Oriel Square Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4EW Data via plota.co.uk
26/02318/FUL - Full Application
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Proposal
Repairs and conservation works to the Senior Library including roof replacement and masonry repairs. Upgrading of rainwater goods, thermal upgrading of historic windows and installation of internal glazing, upgrades to electrical and heating services. Installation of PV panels and handrail to roof. Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
28 Sept 2026
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Consultation
6 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 23 Nov 2026
Under consideration
No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 23 Nov 2026, from Oxford's recent listed building works.
Documents 11
Statements & assessments 4
Application forms 2
Other documents 5
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Historic england initial pre-application advice
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Historic england pre-application advice
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Email from historic england - 3rd august
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Oxford city council pre-application advice
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Environmental conditions report
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Site constraints 10
116 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Oriel College, East Range Oriel College, North Range, Grade I, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 35 Grade I, 11 Grade II*, 69 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 116 with distances
- 0 mOriel College, East Range Oriel College, North RangeGrade I
- 4 mOriel College, West RangeGrade I
- 5 mOriel College, Addition on South of Carter BuildingGrade II
- 10 mOriel College, West RangeGrade I
- 18 m1-7, Oriel SquareGrade II
- 24 mOriel College, Pump and Cistern in Back QuadrangleGrade II
- 28 m12, Oriel StreetGrade II*
- 29 mChristchurch, Wall and Screen Facing Oriel Square in the North East Corner of the CollegeGrade II*
- 33 mOriel College, Additions on East and South of the East RangeGrade II
- 34 mOriel College, East RangeGrade I
- 34 mOriel College, South RangeGrade I
- 35 mChrist Church, Canterbury QuadrangleGrade I
- 37 m9 and 10, Oriel StreetGrade II
- 38 mOriel College, Boundary WallGrade II
- 41 mOriel College, North RangeGrade I
- 42 m7 and 8, Oriel StreetGrade II
- 46 mChristchurch, Peckwater QuadrangleGrade I
- 50 mOriel College, South RangeGrade I
- 51 mCorpus Christi College, Front Quadrangle, North and West Range, and East Range Excluding the Hall
- 53 m6, Oriel StreetGrade II
- 55 mCorpus Christi College, HallGrade I
- 57 m5, Oriel StreetGrade II
- 57 mOriel College, Wall Fronting Magpie LaneGrade II
- 58 m6-9, Magpie LaneGrade II
- 61 mOriel College, West RangeGrade I
- 62 mStables to South of Number 5Grade II
- 62 mCorpus Christi College, Screen Between the Hall and the Emily Thomas BuildingGrade II
- 63 mCorpus Christi College, Emily Thomas BuildingGrade II
- 64 m5, Bear LaneGrade II
- 64 m3 and 4, Oriel StreetGrade II
- 67 m104, High StreetGrade II
- 67 mChristchurch, LibraryGrade I
- 67 mCorpus Christi College, New BlockGrade II
- 68 m6, Bear LaneGrade II
- 68 m106 and 107, High StreetGrade II*
- 68 m4 and 5, Kybald StreetGrade II
- 69 mCecil Rhodes memorial plaqueGrade II
- 70 mCorpus Christi College, Kitchen to South East of HallGrade II
- 72 mOriel College, East RangeGrade I
- 72 mMerton College, Screen on Merton Street, Being the Gateway to Merton GroveGrade II
- 73 mStreet Surface of Merton StreetGrade II
- 74 mQuartermains Stables (Between 6 and 7)Grade II
- 74 m5, Magpie LaneGrade II
- 74 mCorpus Christi College, SundialGrade I
- 74 m1, Kybald StreetGrade II
- 77 m102 AND 103, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 78 mMerton College, Chapel, Front QuadrangleGrade I
- 80 mChristchurch, Gatepiers Between the East End of the Library and the South Range of Canterbury QuadrangleGrade II
- 80 m4, Magpie LaneGrade II
- 81 mBeam Hall, With Number 3Grade II*
- 82 mCorpus Christi College, Gentlemen Commoners BuildingsGrade I
- 82 mChrist Church Picture GalleryGrade II*
- 83 m105, High StreetGrade II
- 83 mChristchurch, Boundary Wall With Corpus Christi College to the South of Canterbury QuadrangleGrade II
- 85 m7, Bear LaneGrade II
- 86 mThe Rhodes Building (North Range), Oriel CollegeGrade II*
- 87 m3, Magpie LaneGrade II
- 88 mCorpus Christi College, LibraryGrade I
- 89 m2, Magpie LaneGrade II
- 91 mCorpus Christi College, ChapelGrade I
- 92 m3, Kybald StreetGrade II
- 98 m113 and 114, High StreetGrade II
- 98 mCorpus Christi College, Cloister, Cloister QuadrangleGrade I
- 99 mCorpus Christi College, Senior Common Room East of CloisterGrade II
- 101 mTudor HouseGrade II*
- 101 m2, Kybald StreetGrade II
- 102 mUniversity College, the Main LibraryGrade II
- 106 mCorpus Christi College, Fellows Building, Cloister QuadrangleGrade I
- 107 mUniversity College, Archway, Forming the South West Entrance of the College Onto Kybald StreetGrade II
- 107 mMerton College StablesGrade II
- 108 m92 and 93, High StreetGrade II
- 108 mMerton College, North Range, Mob QuadrangleGrade I
- 109 m115, High StreetGrade II
- 110 mMerton College, South and West Ranges, Mob QuadrangleGrade I
- 112 mCorpus Christi College, Presidents LodgingGrade II
- 113 mMerton College, North Range, Front QuadrangleGrade I
- 114 m91, High StreetGrade II
- 115 m116 and 117, High StreetGrade II
- 115 mBrasenose College, East Range and Eastern Part of South Range, Third QuadrangleGrade II
- 116 mChurch of St Mary the VirginGrade I
- 117 mBrasenose College, South West AngleGrade II
- 118 m119, High StreetGrade II
- 119 mBear Inn Public HouseGrade II
- 119 mTennis CourtGrade II
- 119 mBlue Boar Quad at Christ ChurchGrade II*
- 121 mBrasenose College, Principals LodgingGrade II
- 121 mMerton College, Sacristy (to South East of Chapel)Grade I
- 121 mPostmasters HallGrade II
- 122 m118, High StreetGrade II*
- 123 m23, High StreetGrade II
- 123 mChristchurch, The Great Quadrangle (or Tom Quadrangle)Grade I
- 124 mWall and Gates of the Church of St Mary the VirginGrade II
- 125 m22, High StreetGrade II
- 125 mMerton College, East Range, Mob QuadrangleGrade I
- 126 mMerton College, Merton GroveGrade II
- 126 mUniversiy College, South Range Including Chapel, Hall and KitchenGrade I
- 127 m21, High StreetGrade II
- 129 mChristchurch, Walls Between Tom and Peckwater QuadranglesGrade II
- 130 mNational Westminster BankGrade II
- 130 m19 and 20, High StreetGrade II
- 130 m90, High StreetGrade II
- 131 mMerton College, South Range Hall, Front QuadrangleGrade II*
- 133 mUniversity College, New Range, on the High Street to the West of the Main QuadrangleGrade II
- 133 mUniversity College, West RangeGrade I
- 136 mBrasenose College, House at Rear of Number 19 High StreetGrade II
- 138 mCorpus Christi College, Boundary Wall Fronting Merton Grove on East of GardenGrade II
- 138 mAll Souls College, Front (Or South) Quadrangle, Including the Chapel and the South East Range on the High StreetGrade I
- 138 mCathedral ChurchGrade I
- 140 mLincoln College LibraryGrade I
- 140 mMerton College, Fellows QuadrangleGrade I
- 142 mBrasenose College, West Range, Third QuadrangleGrade II
- 145 mUniversity College, Shelley MemorialGrade II
- 146 mBrasenose College Staircase 16, 17 and 18Grade II*
- 146 m123, High StreetGrade II
- 146 mBrasenose College, Chapel, Second QuadrangleGrade I
- 148 mWall, East of Bastion 21Grade I
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.
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.
Registered park or garden about 29 m away: Christ Church
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Scheduled monument about 147 m away: Oxford city walls
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
SSSI about 480 m away: Magdalen Grove SSSI; National infrastructure project about 898 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application; Inside the Oxford built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt
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
Decision outlook
Day 11 of the 56-day target. Oxford usually decides listed building works by day 56.
Day 1145 days to the 56-day target
51%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
120decided 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
No public comments yet.
1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 6 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15248828
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15248828
- Neighbours
- 5 Oct 2026
- Consultation
- 6 Oct 2026
- Comments by
- 4 Nov 2026
- Site or press notice
- 8 Oct 2026
- Statutory expiry
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- Env. assessment
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Historical activity at this location
50 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
This property
Previous applications at this address
2025
Approved
Opening up works on the first and second floors of the Senior Library to facilitate furth…
2025
Approved
Opening up works on the first and second floors of the Senior Library to facilitate furth…
2024
Approved
Woks to various trees as specified by Boward Tree Surgery (Oxford) Ltd in the Central con…
2024
Approved
Woks to various trees as specified by Boward Tree Surgery (Oxford) Ltd in the Central con…
2023
Approved
Removal of existing kitchen, kitchen staircase and roof. Replacement of kitchen roof; pro…
2023
Approved
Removal of existing kitchen, kitchen staircase and roof. Replacement of kitchen roof; pro…
2023
Approved
Removal of existing kitchen, kitchen staircase and roof. Replacement of kitchen and kitch…
2023
Approved
Removal of existing kitchen, kitchen staircase and roof. Replacement of kitchen and kitch…
2023
Approved
Erection of single storey modular building with access stairs, and removal of 1no. window…
2023
Approved
Erection of single storey modular building with access stairs, and removal of 1no. window…
2023
Approved
Removal, storage and re-instalment of easternmost, first floor, sash window to Library; c…
2023
Approved
Removal, storage and re-instalment of easternmost, first floor, sash window to Library; c…
2022
Approved
Refurbishment and alterations to accommodation rooms at third and fourth floors to includ…
2022
Approved
Refurbishment and alterations to accommodation rooms at third and fourth floors to includ…
2020
Approved
Removal of existing college kitchen and kitchen staircase; provision of new kitchen facil…
2020
Approved
Removal of existing college kitchen and kitchen staircase; provision of new kitchen facil…
2020
Approved
Demolition of existing kitchen facilities. Erection of new two storey building to east ra…
2020
Approved
Demolition of existing kitchen facilities. Erection of new two storey building to east ra…
2020
Approved
Installation of screen and gates to the gateway of Oriel College.
2020
Approved
Installation of screen and gates to the gateway of Oriel College.
2017
Approved
Erection of new pavilion, creation of a new basement including new kitchen facilities and…
2018
Approved
Remove 2no. Horse Chestnut trees in the Central Conservation Area.
2018
Approved
Remove 2no. Horse Chestnut trees in the Central Conservation Area.
2018
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Reduce 2no. Horse Chesnut trees in the Central Conservation Area.
2018
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Reduce 2no. Horse Chesnut trees in the Central Conservation Area.
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Insertion of 1no. door into Second Quad.
2019
Approved
Oriel College Oriel Square Oxford OX1 4EW
Insertion of 1no. door into Second Quad.
2019
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.
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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
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