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48 Downside Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 8HR

26/01351/CPUOutlineApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 10 July 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Application to certify that the proposed alterations to hip to gable, formation of 1no. rear dormer in association with a loft conversion and insertion of 2no. rooflights to front elevation is lawful development

Received
4 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received4 Jun
  2. Validated4 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Jul

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a loft conversion at 48 Downside Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 8HR. Oxford has handled 1,139 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Oxford's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Quarry And Risinghurst Ward. We hold 1,963 applications in total for the OX3 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
OX3 8HR
Application type
Outline
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 June 2026

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.

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