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51 Grays Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 7PZ

25/01276/H42Householder Prior NotificationApproved
Householder

Approved on 1 July 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Application for prior approval for the erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 5.24m, for which the maximum height would be 3.0m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.86m

Received
23 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Churchill Ward
  1. Received23 May
  2. Validated23 May
  3. Consult.23 Jun
  4. Target2 Jul
  5. Decided1 Jul

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 51 Grays Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 7PZ. Oxford has handled 1,139 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Oxford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Churchill Ward. We hold 1,966 applications in total for the OX3 postcode area.

80% of outline 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 7PZ
Application type
Householder Prior Notification
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 May 2025
Consultation expiry
23 June 2025
Consultation start
30 May 2025
Consultation end
23 June 2025
Neighbour consultation start
30 May 2025
Neighbour consultation end
23 June 2025
Last date for comments
23 June 2025
Target decision date
2 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Design Board-Architectural Services 25 Pine Copse Close Northampton NN5 6NF

Planning decision

Statutory period
40 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14027638
Documents
3
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
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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