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79A Mill Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 0AL

25/02781/EC56Prior App Commercial to dwellinghouseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 December 2025

Council decision: Prior approval required and grantedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Application for prior approval for change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to create a 1 x 2 bed dwellinghouse (Use Class C3).

Received
21 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Osney And St. Thomas Ward
  1. Received21 Oct
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.2 Dec
  4. Target24 Dec
  5. Decided12 Dec

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 79A Mill Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 0AL. Oxford has handled 1,139 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Oxford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Osney And St. Thomas Ward. We hold 1,151 applications in total for the OX2 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
OX2 0AL
Application type
Prior App Commercial to dwellinghouse
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2025
Consultation expiry
2 December 2025
Consultation start
11 November 2025
Consultation end
2 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
5 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
29 November 2025
Last date for comments
2 December 2025
Target decision date
24 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Adrian James Architects 79A Mill Street Oxford OX2 0AL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
11 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14426733
Documents
8
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
  • Brownfield land register: Sites adjacent to the east of Osney Bridge, to the north and south of Botley Road (includ…Register site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 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.

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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