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Entrance To Westgate Shopping Centre Castle Street Oxford Oxfordshire

25/02598/ADVAdvertisement ConsentRefused

Refused on 28 November 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Display of 2no. Internally illuminated digital LCD display screens on either side of street hub unit.

Received
6 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Osney And St. Thomas Ward
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.18 Nov
  4. Target1 Dec
  5. Decided28 Nov

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Entrance To Westgate Shopping Centre Castle Street Oxford Oxfordshire. Oxford has handled 111 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Oxford's typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Osney And St. Thomas Ward.

81% of advertising 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

Application type
Advertisement Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 October 2025
Consultation expiry
18 November 2025
Consultation start
23 October 2025
Consultation end
18 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
23 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
18 November 2025
Last date for comments
18 November 2025
Target decision date
1 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mitie Pacific House Atlas Business Park Simonsway Manchester M22 5PR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 October 2025
Site notice start
28 October 2025

Appeal history

6003797
Allowed
Type: Commercial Appeals Service (Adverts)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 17 June 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14174288
Documents
15
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: 29a, Castle StreetOn or next to this site
  • 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, conservation 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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    6 Oct

    Removal of existing BT payphones. Installation of 1no. BT Street Hub and associated works.

    RefusedApplicationFiled alongside25/02597/FUL
  2. 2025
    6 Oct

    Display of 2no. Internally illuminated digital LCD display screens on either side of street hub unit.

    This applicationRefusedAdvertisement consent25/02598/ADV

Source: Oxford

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