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Magdalen College School Cowley Place Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1DZ

26/02145/VARPending Decision
Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Variation (or removal) of condition 02 (Develop in accordance with approved plns), 03 (Materials), 04 (Window details),10 (Energy Requirements), 11 (Landscape Plan Required), 12 (Landscape Proposals Implementation), 13 (Landscape Proposals Reinstatment), 14 (Arboricultural Method Statement), 15 (Tree Protection Measures), 18 (Trial Trenching), 19 (Foundation Design), 21 (Construction Ecological Management Plan), 22 (Precautionary Working Method Statement), 27 (Piling Method Statement), 33 (CEMP Construction), 34 (CTMP), 36 (Cycle Parking), 37 (Phased Land Quality Investigation) of planning permission 25/02092/FUL Demolition of the existing Science Buildings. Partial demolition of the Quinn and 1928 Buildings. Erection of a three-storey academic building (Use Class F1(a)). Installation of solar panels, alterations to landscaping and associated works. Provision of cycle parking (amended description) to allow the delivery of the approved development through a phased construction programme whilst retaining the approved scheme as the ultimate development outcome.

Received
10 September 2026
Target decision date
10 December 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 14 October 2026
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received10 Sep
  2. Validated10 Sep
  3. Consult.29 Oct
  4. Target10 Dec
  5. Decided

This is a planning application for demolition at Magdalen College School Cowley Place Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1DZ. Oxford has handled 6,063 applications of this type and approves 91% of them, typically deciding them in 50 days. It was submitted on 10 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the St Clement's and Iffley Road conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,655 applications in total for the OX4 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
26/02145/VAR
Address
Magdalen College School Cowley Place Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1DZ
Postcode
OX4 1DZ
Local Authority
Oxford
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Registered

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
3 September 2026
Target Decision Date
10 December 2026
Date Validated
10 September 2026
Date Submitted
10 September 2026
Consultation End
29 October 2026

Planning Decision

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
34
Coordinates
51.749030, -1.244582
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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Planning constraints

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: St. Clement's And Iffley Road
  • 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.

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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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