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24/01520/CND3 - Discharge Condition - 3rd app Approved

Proposal

Details submitted in compliance with condition 5 (Archaeology - demolition) and 6 (Archaeology - foundations) of planning permission . Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
19 Jan 2026
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Consultation
16 Feb 2026
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Approved
9 Mar 2026

Approved on 9 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 25 Jul 2026

Associated applications 10

Site constraints 14

35 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Magdalen College, Hall, Great Quadrangle, Grade I, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 13 Grade I, 4 Grade II*, 18 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 ↗
Registered park or garden: Magdalen College
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
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
SSSI about 292 m away: Magdalen Grove SSSI; Scheduled monument about 214 m away: Oxford city walls; Inside the Oxford built-up area; Flood defence about 35 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 2 year flood); Green belt about 34 m away: Oxford; National infrastructure project about 1408 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application; Priority habitat about 34 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3

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
Discharge Condition - 3rd app
Postcode
OX1 4AU
Received
19 Jan 2026
Validated
19 Jan 2026
Ward
Holywell Ward
Case officer
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Target decision
16 Mar 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
9 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14625325
Planning Portal ref
PP-14625325
Consultation
16 Feb 2026
Comments by
2 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
16 Mar 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