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

25/03196/LBC - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Internal and external alterations to the Champneys north range buildings to include creation of new openings and removal of bomb shelter. Three storey extension to the north elevation to provide lift access to the library (Amended description and revised plans). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
1 Dec 2025
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Validated
9 Dec 2025
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Consultation
30 Mar 2026
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Approved
19 Aug 2026

Approved on 19 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 heritage benefits and improved library access outweighed the less than substantial harm.
  • Historic England and the Oxford Preservation Trust supported the works, and no public representations were received.
  • The committee voted to approve listed building consent with conditions and delegated authority to finalise them.
Read how the committee decided The proposed works, heritage assessment, consultation responses, committee discussion, vote and decision. Includes the meeting recording

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

Documents 123

Statements & assessments 57

PDF Revised energy and sustainability assessment Other · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Basement impact assessment Other · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Revised planning statement Other · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Stage 3 proposed drainage plan sheet 02 of 02 Approved Plan · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed drainage Other · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Revised flood risk assessment and drainage strategy Other · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Planning statement Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Air quality assessment Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Arboricultural method statement Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Archaeological desk based assessment - baseline part 1 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Archaeological desk based assessment - baseline part 2 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Archaeological desk based assessment addendum Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Health impact assessment Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Demolition justification statement Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Design and access statement part 1 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Design and access statement part 2 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Design and access statement part 3 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Design and access statement part 4 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Ecological impact assessment and biodiversity net gain assessment Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Flood risk assessment and drainage strategy - appendix f Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Flood risk assessment and drainage strategy - appendix g Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Flood risk assessment and drainage strategy - appendix h Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Flood risk assessment and drainage strategy - appendix i part 1 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Flood risk assessment and drainage strategy - appendix i part 2 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Flood risk assessment and drainage strategy - appendix j Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Flood risk assessment and drainage strategy - appendix k Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Flood risk assessment and drainage strategy - appendix l Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Flood risk assessment and drainage strategy report Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Flood risk assessment and drainage strategy - appendix a Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Flood risk assessment and drainage strategy - appendix b Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Flood risk assessment and drainage strategy - appendix c Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Flood risk assessment and drainage strategy - appendix d Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Flood risk assessment and drainage strategy - appendix e part 1 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Flood risk assessment and drainage strategy - appendix e part 2 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Landscape design statement pa01 part 5 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Landscape design statement pa01 part 6 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Landscape design statement pa01 part 7 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Landscape design statement pa01 part 8 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Landscape design statement pa01 part 9 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Heritage assessment - whole college assessment part 1 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Heritage assessment - whole college impacts part 2 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Landscape and visual impact assessment appendices part 1 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Landscape and visual impact assessment appendices part 2 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Landscape and visual impact assessment appendices part 3 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Landscape and visual impact assessment Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Landscape design statement pa01 part 1 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Landscape design statement pa01 part 2 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Landscape design statement pa01 part 3 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Landscape design statement pa01 part 4 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed surface water drainage calculations Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Sustainability and energy statement Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Transport assessment Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Aerial and ground tree survey report Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Utility statement Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Noise impact assessment Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 44

PDF Proposed demolition ground floor Approved Plan · 22 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed ground floor plan Approved Plan · 22 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF North range - proposed section gg Approved Plan · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF South range - proposed ground floor plan ramparts constraints Approved Plan · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Hard landscape layout Approved Plan · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed landscape plan Approved Plan · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF North range - proposed first floor plan Approved Plan · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF North range - proposed second floor plan Approved Plan · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF North range - proposed roof plan Approved Plan · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF North range - proposed east elevation Approved Plan · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF North range - proposed northwest addition detail elevations - sheet 1 of 2 Approved Plan · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF North range - proposed northwest addition detail elevations - sheet 2 of 2 Approved Plan · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF North range - proposed sections cc + dd Approved Plan · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF North range - proposed sections ee + ff Approved Plan · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed block plan Approved Plan · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed mansfield road elevation Approved Plan · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF North range - proposed north elevation Approved Plan · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF North range - proposed west elevation Approved Plan · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed site sections aa, bb, cc Approved Plan · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF North range - proposed demolition first floor plan Approved Plan · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF North range - proposed demolition second floor plan Approved Plan · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF North range - proposed demolition third floor plan Approved Plan · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF North range - proposed demolition roof plan Approved Plan · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF North range - proposed northwest addition detail plans Approved Plan · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF North range - proposed sections aa and bb Approved Plan · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF North range - proposed northwest addition detail sectio Approved Plan · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF North range - existing - demolition and alterations - Approved Plan · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF North range - proposed - demolition and alterations - Approved Plan · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed site demolition plan Approved Plan · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF North range - existing ground floor plan Approved Plan · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF North range - existing first floor plan Approved Plan · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF North range - existing second floor pla Approved Plan · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF North range - existing third floor plan Approved Plan · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF North range - existing roof plan Approved Plan · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF North range - existing north and south elevations Approved Plan · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF North range - existing east and west elevations Approved Plan · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF North range - existing sections aa + bb Approved Plan · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF North range - existing sections cc + dd Approved Plan · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF North range - existing sections ee + ff Approved Plan · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Construction logistics and management plan part 2 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Construction logistics and management plan part 3 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Site waste management plan Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Construction logistics and management plan part 1 Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Travel plan Other · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

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.
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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
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
OX1 3TF
Received
1 Dec 2025
Validated
9 Dec 2025
Ward
Holywell Ward
Case officer
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Target decision
10 Mar 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
19 Aug 2026
Decision level
Committee or Called In to Committee
Applicant
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Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 253 days from validation, 196 days slower than Oxford's median of 57 for listed building works. Approved, as 98% of listed building works here are.

49%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
165decided 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 3 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14434217
Planning Portal ref
PP-14434217
Neighbours
12 Dec 2025
Consultation
30 Mar 2026
Comments by
20 Apr 2026
Site or press notice
6 Feb 2026
Committee
26 May 2026
Statutory expiry
10 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No
Oxford
Planning Authority Score
1.8/10
Poor
#277 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.