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26/02052/SP56 - Prior Approval Solar Panels Non Domestic Refused

Proposal

Application for prior approval for the installation of Solar Photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the roof of non-domestic building (amended address). Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 28 Oct 2026, 02:14

Application progress

✓

Received

25 Aug 2026

✓

Consultation

16 Sept 2026

✗

Refused

19 Oct 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 19 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 19 Oct 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Decision · 19 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF Application form redacted Application Form · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Application form redacted Application Form · 25 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

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.

Show all 35 with distances

0 mMagdalen College, Hall, Great QuadrangleGrade I
6 mMagdalen College, Cloister, Great QuadrangleGrade I
7 mMagdalen College, Range on the High StreetGrade I
9 mMagdalen College, Kitchen, Great QuadrangleGrade I
16 mMagdalen College, Chapel, Great QuadrangleGrade I
30 mMagdalen College, Wests BuildingsGrade II
32 mStone on the East Corner of Magdalen Tower, in the High StreetGrade II
40 mMagdalen College, the Founders Tower, Great QuadrangleGrade I
41 mMagdalen BridgeGrade II*
46 mMagdalen College, the Muniment Tower, Great QuadrangleGrade I
56 mMagdalen College, the Presidents LodgingGrade II
66 mThe Library and Herbarium of the Botanic GardensGrade I
73 mThe Daubeny Laboratory the Manley Laboratory the Vines Wing the West BlockGrade II
73 mThe Main (Or Danby) Gateway in the Centre With Its Flanking Wall and 2 DoorwaysGrade I
74 mMagdalen College, Gateway West of Range on High StreetGrade II
74 mWall Between Main Gate and Magdalen College BursaryGrade I
76 mMagdalen College, St Swithins QuadrangleGrade II
77 mWall to East of Magdalen College BursaryGrade I
79 mMagdalen College, the Old Grammar HallGrade II*
80 mMagdalen College, Bridge to Addisons WalkGrade II
85 mMagdalen College, Wall Between Front Wall on High Street and East Wing of St Swithins QuadrangleGrade II
110 mMagdalen College, Wall, Stretching From the North Wing of the Presidents Lodging to the North East Corner of St Swithins QuadrangleGrade II
110 mWall and Piers of Number 61Grade II
114 mMagdalen Gate HouseGrade II*
122 m62, High StreetGrade II
125 mThe Garden Wall and the East and West GatewaysGrade I
127 mFountain in the Centre of the GardenGrade II
128 mMagdalen College, the New BuildingsGrade I
130 m63, High StreetGrade II
133 mStaircases Nos 7 to 10, St Swithin's Quadrangle, Magdalen CollegeGrade II
136 mMagdalen College, Screen Between the New School Room and the East Range of St Swithins QuadrangleGrade II
137 m64, High StreetGrade II
138 mMagdalen College, Wall Fronting the High Street Between Longwall Street and the College EntranceGrade II
139 mMagdalen College, the New School RoomGrade II*
145 m65, High StreetGrade II

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: Prior Approval Solar Panels Non Domestic
Postcode: OX4 1DZ
Received: 25 Aug 2026
Validated: 25 Aug 2026
Ward: St Marys Ward
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 19 Oct 2026
Decision: Prior approval required and refused
Decision date: 19 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, 45 days slower than Oxford's median of 10 for prior approvals. Refused, as 13% of prior approvals here are.

This one55d

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 →