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25/01732/LBC - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Stone cleaning and repairs to the main elevations (St Aldate's, High Street and Blue Boar Street) of the Oxford Town Hall. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

4 Jul 2025

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Consultation

16 Jul 2025

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Approved

15 Aug 2025

Approved on 15 Aug 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Documents 42

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Decision · 15 Aug 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 19

Plans & drawings 21

Application forms 1

PDF Application form redacted Application Form · 4 Jul 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

78 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Town Hall, Municipal Buildings and Library, Grade II*, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 7 Grade I, 11 Grade II*, 60 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 78 with distances

0 mTown Hall, Municipal Buildings and LibraryGrade II*
8 m135, High StreetGrade II
8 m134, High StreetGrade II
14 mThe Chequers InnGrade II
34 mKemp HallGrade II*
36 m131, High StreetGrade II
43 m6 and 7, St Aldates StreetGrade II
43 m130, High StreetGrade II
43 mBlue Boar Quad at Christ ChurchGrade II*
54 m8, St Aldates StreetGrade II
56 m7, High StreetGrade II
57 m4 and 5, High StreetGrade II
57 m6, High StreetGrade II*
57 m10, High StreetGrade II
57 mNo 107 St Aldate's, OxfordGrade II
60 m11, High StreetGrade II
61 m126, High StreetGrade I
63 mLloyds BankGrade II
63 m12-15, High StreetGrade II
64 m124 and 125, High StreetGrade II
66 mChristchurch, Boundary Wall Fronting Blue Boar StreetGrade II
70 mChristchurch, Outbuilding North of the North Range of Great QuadrangleGrade II
72 mThe Covered MarketGrade II
74 mBear Inn Public HouseGrade II
76 m123, High StreetGrade II
77 m16, High StreetGrade II
78 m3, Cornmarket StreetGrade II*
84 mMidland BankGrade II
84 mThe Mitre HotelGrade II*
86 mNational Westminster BankGrade II
87 mCarfax Tower Tower of the Church of St Martin CarfaxGrade II
87 mChristchurch, Boundary Wall Fronting St Aldates on the North of the Entrance FrontGrade II
88 mThe Golden Cross HotelGrade I
91 mTower HouseGrade II
91 mK2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Carfax TowerGrade II
95 mChristchurch, The Great Quadrangle (or Tom Quadrangle)Grade I
96 m98, St Aldate'sGrade II
97 mChristchurch, Peckwater QuadrangleGrade I
103 m119, High StreetGrade II
107 mLincoln College LibraryGrade I
108 m43 and 44, Pembroke StreetGrade II
110 m118, High StreetGrade II*
111 m45, Pembroke StreetGrade II
114 m3, Turl StreetGrade II
114 m116 and 117, High StreetGrade II
114 m7, Bear LaneGrade II
117 m8-10, Cornmarket StreetGrade II
121 mWalls, Fences and Gates at the Church of St Martin and All SaintsGrade II
122 mQuartermains Stables (Between 6 and 7)Grade II
123 m6 and 7, Turl StreetGrade II
124 m115, High StreetGrade II
124 mK6 Telephone Kiosk, Pembroke StreetGrade II
129 m39, Pembroke StreetGrade II
130 mRector's Lodging, Lincoln CollegeGrade II
130 m11, Pembroke StreetGrade II
131 m38, Pembroke StreetGrade II*
131 mChristchurch, LibraryGrade I
132 mChristchurch, Walls Between Tom and Peckwater QuadranglesGrade II
132 mChurch of St AldateGrade II*
133 m6, Bear LaneGrade II
133 m12, Pembroke StreetGrade II
133 m10-12, Turl StreetGrade II
134 m113 and 114, High StreetGrade II
137 m13 and 14, Pembroke StreetGrade II*
138 m8 and 9, Turl StreetGrade II
139 m19 and 20, High StreetGrade II
140 m36 and 37, Pembroke StreetGrade II
141 m5, Bear LaneGrade II
142 mLincoln College, Wall Between the Rectors Lodging and the CollegeGrade II
142 mBrasenose College, House at Rear of Number 19 High StreetGrade II
143 mPembroke College, Staircase 17Grade II
147 mPembroke College, Staircase 16 (Part of)Grade II
147 m13, Turl StreetGrade II
147 mLincoln College, West Range, Chapel QuadrangleGrade I
148 mLincoln College, New Library at East End of the GardenGrade II
148 m21, High StreetGrade II
149 mPembroke College, Staircase 16 (Part of)Grade II*
150 mCecil Rhodes memorial plaqueGrade II

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 ↗

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: Christ Church

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

Scheduled monument about 219 m away: Oxford city walls; National infrastructure project about 699 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 1 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 1BX
Received: 4 Jul 2025
Validated: 4 Jul 2025
Ward: Holywell Ward
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 29 Aug 2025
Decision: Approved
Decision date: 15 Aug 2025
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Other - Jessop and Cook Architects
Freehold owner: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 42 days from validation, 15 days faster than Oxford's median of 57 for listed building works. Approved, as 97% of listed building works here are.

This one42d

Council57d

UK57d

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

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1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 16 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14151076
Planning Portal ref: PP-14151076
Neighbours: 16 Jul 2025
Consultation: 16 Jul 2025
Comments by: 15 Aug 2025
Site or press notice: 22 Jul 2025
Statutory expiry: 29 Aug 2025
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

50 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

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