Land At Watlington Road Cowley Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 7UB Data via plota.co.uk

26/02278/PDT - Permitted Dev Check -Telecoms Approved

Proposal

Installation comprising replacement of the existing 20.00m streetworks pole with a 20.00m Hutchison M-Range Street Works Pole. Removal of existing 6no. antennas to be replaced with proposed 6no. antennas and 1no. 300mm dish and internal upgrade of associated ancillary equipment at ground level. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
10 Sept 2026
✓
Approved
23 Sept 2026

Approved on 23 Sept 2026 · Delegated decision · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Oxford built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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 7UB
Received
10 Sept 2026
Validated
10 Sept 2026
Ward
Blackbird Leys Ward
Parish
Blackbird Leys Parish Council
Target decision
8 Oct 2026
Decision
Permission not required
Decision date
23 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
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Agent
Mirren Scott

How this decision compares

Decided in 13 days from validation, 6 days faster than Oxford's median of 19 for prior approvals. Approved, as 85% of prior approvals here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
104decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals decided by Oxford in the last twelve months, from validation. Oxford decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 30 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
8 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