Planning application
4 - 5 Becket Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1PP
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use from guesthouse (Use Class C1) to temporary accommodation hostel (Sui Generis) (Retrospective) (amended description)
As published by the council, reference 25/02552/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02552/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 30 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 30 Sep 2025
- Ward
- Osney And St. Thomas Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated decision
- Postcode
- OX1 1PP
Site history
Applications at this address on the Oxford register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025.
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26/01414/FUL Decided
4 - 5 Becket Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1PP
Change of use from guesthouse (Use Class C1) on a temporary basis for use as temporary hostel accommodation (Sui Generis) (Retrospective).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Sep 2025
Received by Oxford
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 25 November 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Oxford took a median of 37 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
18 documents on file for this application
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