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St Michael's Guest House 26 St Michael's Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 2EB

26/00697/FULApproved

Approved on 25 June 2026

6 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor from a bike workshop (Sui Generis) to a caf� (Use Class E). Painting of front elevation. 2no ventilation extracts in rear elevation. (Amended description, amended plans).

Received
20 March 2026
  1. Received20 Mar
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Jun

Decided in 97 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at St Michael's Guest House 26 St Michael's Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 2EB. Oxford has handled 6,311 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 6 weeks longer than Oxford's typical decision time. The site is in the Central (City and University) conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,977 applications in total for the OX1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
OX1 2EB

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Central
  • Listed building: Grade II: 26, St Michaels StreetOn this site · +4 more
  • Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    20 Mar

    Change of use of ground floor from a bike workshop (Sui Generis) to a caf� (Use Class E). Painting of front…

    This applicationApprovedApplication26/00697/FUL
  2. 2026
    20 Mar

    Alterations to ground floor layout and associated works. Painting of front elevation.

    PendingListed building consentFiled alongside26/00698/LBC

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