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5000 John Smith Drive Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 2BH

22/02769/SCREENEIA ScreeningApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 26 October 2022

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Erection of a building with a floorspace of 20,055 sq m GEA on plot 2000 in use Class E(g)(i) and E(g)(ii), incorporating ancillary uses including cafe/restaurant/retail/gym/children's day nursery; incubator space and events space. Demolition of existing building on plot 5000 and erection of a building with a floorspace of 11,096 sq m GEA in Use Class E(g)(i) and E(g)(ii), incorporating ancillary uses including cafe/restaurant/retail/gym/childrens day nursery, incubator space and events space.

Received
4 November 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Temple Cowley Ward
  1. Received4 Nov
  2. Validated4 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Nov
  5. Decided26 Oct

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at 5000 John Smith Drive Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 2BH. Oxford has handled 1,139 applications of this type. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Temple Cowley Ward. We hold 1,718 applications in total for the OX4 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
OX4 2BH
Application type
EIA Screening
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 November 2022
Target decision date
25 November 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Carter Jonas Mayfield House 256 Banbury Road Summertown Oxford OX2 7DE

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
3

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

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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