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Grandpont House Abingdon Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4LD

26/00468/VARVariation of conditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 8 May 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (LBC consent - approved plans) and condition 12 (Occupancy) of listed building consent 24/00789/LBC (Proposed internal and external refurbishment of Grandpont House including the removal of a number of late C19 and C20 partition walls, repairs to historic fabric, removal of render, repair and local rebuilding of decayed timber frame and application of new, traditional lime render to external walls; alterations to windows; upgrading of building fabric to improve thermal performance and installation of new heating and ventilation system. Installation of solar pv. panels on inward facing slopes of principal listed building. Alteration and rebuilding of late C19 outbuilding range. Demolition of late C19 additions to the principal listed building and replacement with a single-storey extension to north and west of Grandpont House to provide a purpose-built chapel, entrance hall and link to refurbished, late C19 outbuildings. (Amended Plans)) to allow completion of outbuildings before the refurbishment of Grandpont House.

Received
23 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hinksey Park
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated2 Mar
  3. Consult.6 Apr
  4. Target27 Apr
  5. Decided8 May

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Grandpont House Abingdon Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4LD. Oxford has handled 799 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Oxford's typical decision time. The site is in the Central (City and University) conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Hinksey Park. We hold 1,977 applications in total for the OX1 postcode area.

97% of conditions 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
OX1 4LD
Application type
Variation of condition
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 March 2026
Consultation expiry
6 April 2026
Consultation start
5 March 2026
Consultation end
6 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
5 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
6 April 2026
Last date for comments
6 April 2026
Target decision date
27 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Original Field Of Architecture The Studio Dawson Street Oxford OX4 1GF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 March 2026
Site notice start
11 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
1
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Central
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Grandpont HouseOn this site · +3 more
  • Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
  • Green belt: OxfordPart of the site
  • Scheduled monument: Section of the Grandpont causewayPart of the site
Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, 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.

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