Former Public Convenience South Park Morrell Avenue Oxford Oxfordshire Data via plota.co.uk

25/02379/DEM - Demolition Approved

Proposal

Application to determine whether prior approval is required for the method of demolition. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 17 Oct 2026, 12:46

Application progress

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Received

15 Sept 2025

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Validated

8 Oct 2025

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Approved

29 Oct 2025

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Appeal dismissed

1 Jul 2026

Approved on 29 Oct 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 17 Oct 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Decision · 29 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Officer report Report · 29 Oct 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application form redacted Application Form · 15 Sept 2025 View ↗

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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: Other Priority Habitats -NEX

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Conservation area about 3 m away: Headington Hill

The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.

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 ↗

Also on the record

Priority habitat about 4 m away: Deciduous woodland; Inside the Oxford built-up area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 18 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 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: Demolition
Received: 15 Sept 2025
Validated: 8 Oct 2025
Ward: St Clement's Ward
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 5 Nov 2025
Decision: Prior approval not required
Decision date: 29 Oct 2025
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Appeal: Dismissed · 1 Jul 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6008084 ↗
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 21 days from validation, 11 days slower than Oxford's median of 10 for prior approvals. Approved, as 87% of prior approvals here are.

This one21d

Council10d

UK34d

97%decided within 8 weeks

87%approved

157decided 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 17 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14314296
Planning Portal ref: PP-14314296
Statutory expiry: 5 Nov 2025
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