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Town Hall St Aldate's Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1BX

23/01934/LBCListed Building ConsentPermitted

Proposal

Internal alterations to include; Phased floor soffit and ceiling plaster repairs including removal of defective ceiling plaster, removal of defective clinker concrete, concrete repairs, repairs to lime ceiling plaster and redecoration of ceilings in various rooms in the Town Hall (part-retrospective).

Received
18 August 2023
Decided
11 January 2024 · Approved
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Holywell Ward
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received18 Aug
  2. Validated11 Sep
  3. Consult.16 Oct
  4. Target6 Nov
  5. Decided11 Jan

Decided in 122 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Oxford100% of heritage applications approved

This is a heritage application at Town Hall St Aldate's Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1BX. Oxford has handled 101 applications of this type and approves 91% of them, typically deciding them in 78 days. This one was decided in 146 days, 10 weeks longer than Oxford's median. The site is in the Central (City and University) conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Holywell Ward. We hold 1,914 applications in total for the OX1 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
23/01934/LBC
Address
Town Hall St Aldate's Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1BX
Postcode
OX1 1BX
Local Authority
Oxford
Application Type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Holywell Ward

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
40 Bertie Road Cumnor Oxford OX2 9PS

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
18 August 2023
Consultation Expiry
16 October 2023
Target Decision Date
6 November 2023
Date Decided
11 January 2024
Date Validated
11 September 2023
Date Submitted
18 August 2023
Consultation Start
13 September 2023
Consultation End
16 October 2023
Neighbour Consultation Start
13 September 2023
Neighbour Consultation End
16 October 2023
Last Date for Comments
16 October 2023
Permission Expires
11 January 2027

Planning Decision

Decision
Approved
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Last Advertised
21 September 2023
Site Notice Start
22 September 2023

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12396359
Documents
17
Constraints
11
Coordinates
51.751648, -1.256914
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Oxford

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    16 Jul

    Details submitted in compliance with condition 4 (Removal of existing features) of listed building consent…

    PendingDischarge of conditions23/01934/CND2
  2. 2023
    18 Aug

    Internal alterations to include; Phased floor soffit and ceiling plaster repairs including removal of…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent23/01934/LBC

Planning constraints

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

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

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