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Worcester College Worcester Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 2HB

26/02390/FULAwaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of a new library building and replacement greenhouses for Worcester College, the widening of an existing gated entrance and creation of a new pedestrian opening within garden walls, a substation, together with landscaping, parking and other associated works.

Received
23 September 2026
Decision due
18 November 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 15 October 2026
Ward
Gaydon, Kineton & Upper Lighthorne
  1. Received23 Sep
  2. Validated23 Sep
  3. Consult.5 Nov
  4. Target18 Nov
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application at Worcester College Worcester Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 2HB. Oxford has handled 6,326 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 13 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Central (City and University) conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,980 applications in total for the OX1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
OX1 2HB
Parish
Gaydon

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 September 2026
Consultation end
5 November 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Catherine Gibbons

Additional information

Documents
59

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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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