13 - 18 Merton Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4JE Data via plota.co.uk

26/01961/LBC - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Upgrades to mechanical and electrical services. Upgrades to thermal efficiency including the installation of insulation to roof, walls and draught proofing. Alterations to fenestration. Associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 02:10

Application progress

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Received

11 Aug 2026

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Consultation

7 Sept 2026

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Approved

23 Oct 2026

Approved on 23 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 24 Oct 2026

Documents 54

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Lb decision Decision · 23 Oct 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 9

PDF Design and access statement Approved Plan · 14 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Photographic survey Approved Plan · 14 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Archaeological desk-based assessment Other · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Tree survey report, impact appraisal & tree protection details Other · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Noise impact assessment Other · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Design and access statement Other · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Heritage statement Other · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Bat survey report Other · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Preliminary bat roost assessment report Other · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 24

Application forms 2

PDF Application form redacted Application Form · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Cil form Other · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 10

80 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: 13, Merton Street, Grade II, about 8 m from the postcode pin · 21 Grade I, 3 Grade II*, 56 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 80 with distances

8 m13, Merton StreetGrade II
14 mStreet Surface of Merton StreetGrade II
15 mUniversity Examination SchoolsGrade II
17 mSedan HallGrade II
27 m15, Merton StreetGrade II
28 mMerton College, Wall Fronting Merton StreetGrade II
33 m16, Merton StreetGrade II
36 m9, Merton StreetGrade II
42 m17, Merton StreetGrade II
44 mWall of Number 9 Fronting Logic LaneGrade II
46 mMerton College, St Albans QuadrangleGrade II
48 m18, Merton StreetGrade II
50 mMerton College, East Garden Wall of the Wardens HouseGrade II
51 mUniversity College, Masters LodgingGrade II
51 mMerton College, the Wardens HouseGrade II
55 mMerton College, Screen Wall of the Wardens HouseGrade II
58 mUniversity College, Durham BuildingsGrade II
63 m86 and 87, High StreetGrade II*
69 mUniversity College, Boundary Wall on Logic Lane on Either Side of the Masters LodgingGrade II
69 m83, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
69 mMerton College, Garden House (in North East of Garden)Grade II
70 mEntrance Screen of the Examination Schools Fronting Merton StreetGrade II
71 m84, High StreetGrade II
72 m85, High StreetGrade II
75 mUniversity College, Radcliffe QuadrangleGrade I
77 mTennis CourtGrade II
79 mMerton College, East Range, Front QuadrangleGrade II
80 mMerton College, North Range, Front QuadrangleGrade I
81 mMerton College, Screen on South Side of St Albans QuadrangleGrade II
85 mWall and Doorway Adjoining the Examination Schools and to the West of ThemGrade II
86 mUniversiy College, South Range Including Chapel, Hall and KitchenGrade I
87 mUniversity College, Wall on the South Side of Radcliffe QuadrangleGrade II
87 mUniversity Registry AnnexeGrade II
90 mWall, South of Summerhouse, Up to South East AngleGrade I
90 mMerton College, Fellows QuadrangleGrade I
94 mMerton College, South Range Fitzjames Gateway, Front QuadrangleGrade I
95 mUniversity College, East RangeGrade I
98 mPostmasters HallGrade II
101 mWall, East of Bastion 20Grade I
107 mMerton College, South Range Hall, Front QuadrangleGrade II*
108 m42 and 43, High StreetGrade II
109 m2, QUEENS LANE (See details for further address information)Grade II
109 m48, High StreetGrade II
109 mBastion 20Grade I
110 mMerton College StablesGrade II
112 m49-52, High StreetGrade II
112 m71 and 72, High StreetGrade II
114 m2, Kybald StreetGrade II
115 mThe Queens College, East RangeGrade I
116 m69 and 70, High StreetGrade II
117 mThe Queens College, South RangeGrade I
117 m66-68, High StreetGrade II
118 mUniversity College, Gatehouse University College, North RangeGrade I
119 mUniversity College, the Main LibraryGrade II
119 m2, Queens LaneGrade II
123 mWall, West of Bastion 20Grade I
124 mBeam Hall, With Number 3Grade II*
125 mUniversity College, West RangeGrade I
127 mUniversity College, Archway, Forming the South West Entrance of the College Onto Kybald StreetGrade II
127 mMerton College, Chapel, Front QuadrangleGrade I
130 m3, Kybald StreetGrade II
131 mSt Edmund Hall, South RangeGrade II
131 mThe Queens College, West RangeGrade I
133 mMerton College, Sacristy (to South East of Chapel)Grade I
133 m58, 58a and 59, High StreetGrade II
135 mMeadow CottagesGrade II
138 mMerton College, East Range, Mob QuadrangleGrade I
138 m65, High StreetGrade II
139 m37 and 38, High StreetGrade II
140 m64, High StreetGrade II
144 m1, Kybald StreetGrade II
144 mSt Edmund Hall, West RangeGrade I
144 m4 and 5, Kybald StreetGrade II
144 m35 and 36, High StreetGrade II
145 mSt Edmund Hall, East Range Including Chapel and LibraryGrade I
147 mMerton College, North Range, Mob QuadrangleGrade I
148 mEntrance Screen to Christchurch MeadowsGrade II
148 mUniversity College, Shelley MemorialGrade II
148 m34, High StreetGrade II
149 m63, High StreetGrade 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 ↗

Scheduled monument about 75 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.

Historic England ↗

Registered park or garden about 24 m away: Merton 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 ↗

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

SSSI about 311 m away: Magdalen Grove SSSI; Inside the Oxford built-up area; National infrastructure project about 1126 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

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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