Grandpont House Abingdon Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4LD
Approved on 14 November 2025
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Proposed internal and external refurbishment of Grandpont House including the removal of a number of late C19 and C20 partition walls, repairs to historic fabric, removal of render, repair and local rebuilding of decayed timber frame and application of new, traditional lime render to external walls; alterations to windows; upgrading of building fabric to improve thermal performance and installation of new heating and ventilation system. Installation of solar pv. panels on inward facing slopes of principal listed building. Alteration and rebuilding of late C19 outbuilding range. Demolition of late C19 additions to the principal listed building and replacement with a single-storey extension to north and west of Grandpont House to provide a purpose-built chapel, entrance hall and link to refurbished, late C19 outbuildings. (Amended Plans)
- Received
- 2 April 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Oxford City Council
- Ward
- Hinksey Park
- ReceivedReceived2 Apr
- ValidatedValidated2 Apr
- Consult.Consultation22 Oct
- TargetTarget Date14 Nov
- DecidedDecided14 Nov
Decided in 591 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application for demolition at Grandpont House Abingdon Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4LD. Oxford has handled 102 applications of this type. This one was decided in 591 days, 76 weeks longer than Oxford's typical decision time. The site is in the Central (City and University) conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Hinksey Park. We hold 1,977 applications in total for the OX1 postcode area.
100% of heritage 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 4LD
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Large
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 April 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 22 October 2024
- Consultation start
- 8 October 2024
- Consultation end
- 22 October 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 24 September 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 October 2024
- Last date for comments
- 29 October 2024
- Target decision date
- 14 November 2025
- Permission expires
- 14 November 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Bidwells Seacourt Tower West Way Oxford OX2 0JJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 591 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 3 October 2024
- Site notice start
- 30 April 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12883707
- Documents
- 106
- Constraints
- 6
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Central
- Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
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.
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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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.
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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
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Details submitted in part-compliance with condition 4 (Methods & materials) of listed building consent…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions23/00372/CND - 202321 Feb
Repair and refurbishment of existing wall on western boundary of Grandpont House.
ApprovedListed building consent23/00372/LBC
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