4 - 5 Becket Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1PP
Refused on 27 February 2024
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from guesthouse (Use Class C1) to a large house in multiple occupation (Sui Generis) (Retrospective).
- Received
- 21 December 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Oxford City Council
- Ward
- Osney And St. Thomas Ward
- ReceivedReceived21 Dec
- ValidatedValidated2 Jan
- Consult.Consultation6 Feb
- TargetTarget Date27 Feb
- DecidedDecided27 Feb
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 4 - 5 Becket Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1PP. Oxford has handled 693 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Oxford's typical decision time. The site is in the Central (City and University) conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Osney And St. Thomas Ward. We hold 1,980 applications in total for the OX1 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
- OX1 1PP
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 January 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 6 February 2024
- Consultation start
- 4 January 2024
- Consultation end
- 6 February 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 4 January 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 February 2024
- Last date for comments
- 6 February 2024
- Target decision date
- 27 February 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Aspire Oxford St Thomas's School Osney Lane Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1NJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 11 January 2024
- Site notice start
- 10 January 2024
- Site notice end
- 31 January 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12630102
- Documents
- 24
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: CentralPart of the site
- Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
- Brownfield land register: Land south of Frideswide SquareRegister site at or near this address · +3 more
Also checked, none recorded (20)
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 and heritage coasts.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Oxford
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