55 Howard Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 3AY

26/00283/CPUCertificate of Proposed UseAwaiting decision

Outline / PiP

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Application to certify that the proposed formation of a rear dormer and insertion of 2no. roof lights to front roof slope in association with a loft conversion is lawful development.

Received: 4 February 2026
Decision due: 3 April 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Oxford City Council
Ward: Donnington Ward

ReceivedReceived4 Feb
ValidatedValidated6 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date3 Apr
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is an outline application for a loft conversion at 55 Howard Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 3AY. Oxford has handled 1,139 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 4 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Donnington Ward. We hold 1,723 applications in total for the OX4 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: OX4 3AY
Application type: Certificate of Proposed Use
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Demarcation 5 Ashurst Court London Road Wheatley Oxford OX33 1ER

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14649183
Documents: 3
Constraints: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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.

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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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