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4 - 5 Becket Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1PP

26/01414/FULApproved

Approved on 19 August 2026

3 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from guesthouse (Use Class C1) on a temporary basis for use as temporary hostel accommodation�(Sui Generis) (Retrospective).

Received
10 June 2026
  1. Received10 Jun
  2. Validated23 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Aug

Decided in 57 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 4 - 5 Becket Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1PP. Oxford has handled 6,311 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in the Central (City and University) conservation area, with 6 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 1PP

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 June 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: CentralPart of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
  • Brownfield land register: Land south of Frideswide SquareRegister site at or near this address · +2 more
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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 and heritage coasts.

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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