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The Triangle University Of Oxford Old Road Campus Roosevelt Drive Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 7XP

14/03540/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 8 June 2015

Planning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use of building from administrative office and teaching accommodation to children's nursery for a temporary period of up to 5 years, together with external alterations including provision of new external doors, external stairs and canopies. Surfacing of garden area to provide play area, and use of land and surfacing to provide 6 drop off bays and 9 car parking spaces. Widening of entrance to 5m and rebuilding of stone pilaster to match existing. Provision of pram/buggy store (Amended plans and description)

Received
19 December 2014
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Churchill Ward
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.7 May
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided8 Jun

Decided in 168 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Triangle University Of Oxford Old Road Campus Roosevelt Drive Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 7XP. Oxford has handled 693 applications of this type. This one was decided in 171 days, 16 weeks longer than Oxford's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Churchill Ward. We hold 1,963 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 7XP
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2014
Consultation expiry
7 May 2015
Consultation start
14 April 2015
Consultation end
7 May 2015
Neighbour consultation start
14 April 2015
Neighbour consultation end
7 May 2015
Last date for comments
7 May 2015
Target decision date
16 February 2015
Decision issued
9 June 2015
Permission expires
9 June 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Savills Wytham Court 11 West Way Oxford OX2 0QL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 April 2015
Site notice start
16 January 2015

Additional information

Documents
26
Constraints
2

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
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

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

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  3. 2016
    29 Feb

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  4. 2016
    26 Jan

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  5. 2015
    6 Nov

    Details submitted in compliance with conditions 5 (Lighting services), 6 (Details of hard surfaces), 8…

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  6. 2014
    19 Dec

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