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Abercrombie Building Gipsy Lane Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 0BP

26/01535/T56Telecom 56 day applicationPending Decision
Prior approval

Proposal

Application for prior approval for the removal and replacement of 4no. antennas with 8no. new antennas, 2no. transmission dishes utilising existing support poles while also introducing 2no. supporting brackets alongside ancillary works to the existing rooftop base station.

Received
24 June 2026
Target decision date
5 August 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Churchill Ward
Site boundary (council red line)
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated24 Jun
  3. Consult.30 Jul
  4. Target5 Aug
  5. Decided
8 weeks typical decision time in Oxford99% of telecoms applications approved

This is a telecoms application at Abercrombie Building Gipsy Lane Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 0BP. Oxford has handled 130 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 7 days. It was submitted on 24 June 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Headington Hill conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 19 applications across Churchill Ward. We hold 1,901 applications in total for the OX3 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
26/01535/T56
Address
Abercrombie Building Gipsy Lane Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 0BP
Postcode
OX3 0BP
Local Authority
Oxford
Application Type
Telecom 56 day application
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Registered
Ward
Churchill Ward

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
Galliford Try 401 Faraday Street Birchwood Park Warrington WA3 6GA

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
24 June 2026
Consultation Expiry
30 July 2026
Target Decision Date
5 August 2026
Date Validated
24 June 2026
Date Submitted
24 June 2026
Consultation Start
30 June 2026
Consultation End
30 July 2026
Neighbour Consultation Start
30 June 2026
Neighbour Consultation End
30 July 2026
Last Date for Comments
30 July 2026

Planning Decision

Decided By
Delegated decision
Statutory Period
42 days

Publicity

Last Advertised
9 July 2026

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15033512
Documents
29
Constraints
4
Coordinates
51.754387, -1.223182
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Oxford

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Headington Hill
  • Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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 2026-10-09. 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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