5 Bryony Close Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 7UT Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Application to certify that the proposed use of an existing dwellinghouse as an administrative base for a private hire vehicle operator, comprising booking management, scheduling, record keeping and associated office activities, with no external alterations, no customer-facing reception, no taxi depot operations, and no material change to the primary residential use of the property, is lawful development. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Under consideration
No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 12 Nov 2026, from Oxford's recent changes of use.
Documents 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 7
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 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.
Sales history 5
Last sold for £260,000 in May 2026. Terraced house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in April 2018, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
Decision outlook
Day 22 of the 56-day target. Oxford usually decides changes of use by day 56.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Oxford in the last twelve months, from validation. Oxford decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 30 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15231247
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15231247
- Statutory expiry
- 12 Nov 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
16 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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