18 Broad Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3AS Data via plota.co.uk

25/02936/LBC - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Internal alterations to include; structural reinforcements to the attic and second floor levels, including fixings of purlins to truss beams, installation of mild steel restraint straps, tying of wall plates, and installation of helibar masonry reinforcement. Localised alterations to internal walls to allow for installation of new structural elements, including relocation or minor adjustment of one internal door opening, installation of new jambs, and structural sheathing. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Nov 2025
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Validated
17 Nov 2025
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Consultation
21 Nov 2025
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Approved
13 Jan 2026

Approved on 13 Jan 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 8 Oct 2026

Site constraints 9

119 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 17 and 18, Broad Street, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 38 Grade I, 4 Grade II*, 77 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 119 with distances
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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 56 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 ↗
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 48 m away: Trinity 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
National infrastructure project about 798 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 2 November 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 3AS
Received
6 Nov 2025
Validated
17 Nov 2025
Ward
Carfax And Jericho Ward
Case officer
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Target decision
12 Jan 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
13 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Leaseholder
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How this decision compares

Decided in 57 days from validation, about the council's usual 57 days. Approved, as 97% of listed building works here are.

49%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
169decided 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 8 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14461774
Planning Portal ref
PP-14461774
Neighbours
21 Nov 2025
Consultation
21 Nov 2025
Comments by
22 Dec 2025
Site or press notice
27 Nov 2025
Statutory expiry
12 Jan 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

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