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16 Hertford Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 3AJ

26/00357/EC56Prior App Commercial to dwellinghouseAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
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 4 bed dwellinghouse (Use Class C3).

Received
12 February 2026
Decision due
9 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Donnington Ward
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.27 Mar
  4. Target9 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 27 March.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (8)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 16 Hertford Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 3AJ. Oxford has handled 1,139 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 12 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. 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 3AJ
Application type
Prior App Commercial to dwellinghouse
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2026
Consultation expiry
27 March 2026
Consultation start
25 February 2026
Consultation end
27 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
25 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
27 March 2026
Last date for comments
27 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Carter Jonas LLP Mayfield House 256 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 7DE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14626557
Documents
8
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
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.

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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