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74 Lime Walk Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 7AE

14/03108/B56Prior Approval Change of UseApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 7 January 2015

Council decision: Prior approval required and grantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of ground floor from office (Use Class B1(a)) to residential (Use Class C3) to form 1 x 2-bed flat. This application is for determination as to whether prior approval of the Council is required and, if required, whether it should be granted. This application is assessed solely in respect of transport and highway impacts and contamination and flooding risks.

Received
10 November 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Headington Ward
  1. Received10 Nov
  2. Validated13 Nov
  3. Consult.18 Dec
  4. Target25 Dec
  5. Decided7 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 74 Lime Walk Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 7AE. Oxford has handled 293 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Headington Ward. We hold 1,963 applications in total for the OX3 postcode area.

80% of amendment 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 7AE
Application type
Prior Approval Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 November 2014
Consultation expiry
18 December 2014
Consultation start
14 November 2014
Consultation end
18 December 2014
Neighbour consultation start
14 November 2014
Neighbour consultation end
18 December 2014
Last date for comments
29 December 2014
Target decision date
25 December 2014
Permission expires
30 May 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
JPPC Chartered Town Planners Bagley Croft Hinksey Hill Oxford OX1 5BS

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
3 December 2014

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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

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© 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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