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Oriel College Oriel Square Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4EW

25/02949/LBCApproved

Approved on 7 January 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Opening up works on the first and second floors of the Senior Library to facilitate further structural assessment

Received
7 November 2025
  1. Received7 Nov
  2. Validated13 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Jan

Decided in 55 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Oriel College Oriel Square Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4EW. Oxford has handled 6,311 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the Central (City and University) conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 1,977 applications in total for the OX1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
OX1 4EW

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 November 2025

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Central
  • Listed building: Grade I: Oriel College, North RangeOn this site · +10 more
  • Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
  • Brownfield land register: Land at King Edward Street, High Street, Oxford, OX1 4EWRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 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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