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The Albany Nursing Home 7 London Road Headington Oxford OX3 7SN

03/01432/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 19 August 2003

Planning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of 10 x 1 bedroom flats, 2 x staff bedrooms and 1 x guest bedroom to 23 nursing bedrooms and day rooms

Received
17 July 2003
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Headington Ward
  1. Received17 Jul
  2. Validated17 Jul
  3. Consult.11 Aug
  4. Target11 Sep
  5. Decided19 Aug

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Albany Nursing Home 7 London Road Headington Oxford OX3 7SN. Oxford has handled 693 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 weeks quicker than Oxford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Headington Ward. We hold 1,966 applications in total for the OX3 postcode area.

83% of full applications at Oxford City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
OX3 7SN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
10

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 July 2003
Consultation expiry
11 August 2003
Consultation start
21 July 2003
Neighbour consultation start
21 July 2003
Neighbour consultation end
11 August 2003
Last date for comments
15 August 2003
Target decision date
11 September 2003
Committee meeting
19 August 2003
Decision issued
2 September 2003
Permission expires
2 September 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Marlborough House 2 Bromsgrove Faringdon Oxon SN7 7JQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 00EYTGHMDT000
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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