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20 Observatory Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6EW

25/01885/NMANon-Material Amendments - 1st appAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Non-Material amendment to planning permission 25/01885/FUL to allow insertion of 2no. flush rooflights to the rear roof slope and 1no. flush rooflight to the roof of the first floor extension.

Received
18 June 2026
Decision due
23 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Walton Manor Ward
  1. Received18 Jun
  2. Validated25 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Jul
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 20 Observatory Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6EW. Oxford has handled 293 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 18 June 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Walton Manor conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Walton Manor Ward. We hold 1,151 applications in total for the OX2 postcode area.

80% of amendment 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
OX2 6EW
Application type
Non-Material Amendments - 1st app
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
MSArchitects 26 East Street Oxford OX2 0AU

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15020120
Documents
5
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Walton Manor
  • Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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.

Source: Oxford

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