32 The Grates Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 3LJ

26/00484/CPUCertificate of Proposed UseAwaiting decision

Outline / PiP

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Application to certify that the proposed home-based private hire taxi service for administrative purpose only, used solely by the occupier of 32 The Grates, with no other staff at the premises, no taxis or drivers, and with no taxi vehicles other than the occupants licensed private hire vehicle parked at the premises is lawful development.

Received: 26 February 2026
Decision due: 25 May 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Oxford City Council
Ward: Cowley Ward

ReceivedReceived26 Feb
ValidatedValidated30 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date25 May
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is an outline application at 32 The Grates Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 3LJ. Oxford has handled 1,139 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 26 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Cowley Ward. We hold 1,717 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 3LJ
Application type: Certificate of Proposed Use
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Oxford City Link Ltd 32 The Grates Oxford OX4 3LJ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14727993
Documents: 7
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.

Source: Oxford

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