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26/02001/CPU - Certificate of Proposed Use Refused
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Application to certify that the proposed removal of part of front boundary wall and replacement of existing gates with wider timber gates to facilitate access to off-street parking is lawful development. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
17 Aug 2026
✓
Validated
1 Sept 2026
✗
Refused
20 Oct 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 20 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 21 Oct 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Decision · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Delegated report Report · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application form Application Form · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Proposed works & schedule of attachments Other · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 ↗
15 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Nos. 2 to 63, St John Street and 5, Pusey Street, Grade II, 27 m away · 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II*, 12 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.
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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 60 m away: Worcester 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 532 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 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 2026. 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £1,751,000 in February 2023. Semi-detached house, freehold.

13 February 2023£1,751,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area191 m² (2,056 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (58 out of 100), could reach C
PropertySemi-detached house, 11 habitable rooms
Built1900 to 1929
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in September 2022, 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

Council
Oxford
Application type
Certificate of Proposed Use
Postcode
OX1 2LL
Received
17 Aug 2026
Validated
1 Sept 2026
Ward
Carfax And Jericho Ward
Case officer
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Target decision
27 Oct 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
20 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 49 days from validation, 7 days faster than Oxford's median of 56 for extensions. Refused, as 15% of extensions here are.

57%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
561decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 21 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
27 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

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Replacement of door to front elevation.
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2025
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2025
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2025 Approved
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

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.