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Magdalen College High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4AU

Awaiting decision Oxford 25/03114/LBC Listed Building Consent

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Installation of a handrail to the spiral stone staircase of the Great Tower.

As published by the council, reference 25/03114/LBC

Application record

Reference
25/03114/LBC
Type
Listed Building Consent
Status
Registered
Received
24 Nov 2025
Validated
8 Dec 2025
Ward
Holywell Ward
Decision by
Delegated decision
Postcode
OX1 4AU

Site history

Applications at this address on the Oxford register

This site has had 22 applications since 2025: 12 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/02052/SP56 Awaiting decision

    Magdalen College High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4AU

    Application for prior approval for the installation of Solar Photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the roof of non-domestic building.

    Submitted 25 Aug 2026
  • 26/01532/CPU Granted

    Magdalen College High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4AU

    Proposed temporary marquee (required in connection with development 26/00316/VAR)

    Decided 20 Aug 2026 Outline
  • 26/01478/LBC Decided

    Magdalen College High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4AU

    Installation of a low-level 150 mm diameter extract cowl through the lead roof of the WCR link building including associated ductwork

    Submitted 17 Jun 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 26/01477/FUL Decided

    Magdalen College High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4AU

    Installation of a low-level 150 mm diameter extract cowl through the lead roof of the WCR link building including associated ductwork.

    Submitted 17 Jun 2026 Full applications
  • 26/00315/CND2 Granted

    Magdalen College High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4AU

    Details submitted in compliance with condition 12 (Landscape Mitigation) of planning permission 26/00315/VAR

    Decided 23 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • 26/00316/CND Granted

    Magdalen College High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4AU

    Details submitted in part compliance with condition 8 (Details - removal, storage reinstatement) of planning permission 26/00316/VAR

    Decided 8 May 2026 Conditions
  • 26/01039/CAT Granted

    Magdalen College High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4AU

    Notification to carry out various works and fell various trees as specified by Thames ValleyTree Care Ltd in the Central Conservation Area.

    Decided 29 May 2026 Trees
  • 26/00315/CND Granted

    Magdalen College High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4AU

    Details submitted in compliance with condition 16 (Tree Protection Plan (TPP)), 17 (Arboricultural Monitoring Programme AMP), 19 (CEMP (Biodiversity) and 23 (CTMP) of planning permission 26/00315/VAR.

    Decided 20 May 2026 Conditions
  • 26/00997/CAT Granted

    Magdalen College High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4AU

    Works to various trees as specified by Chris Wharton in the Central Conservation area.

    Decided 27 May 2026 Trees
  • 24/01521/CND3 Awaiting decision

    Magdalen College High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4AU

    Details submitted in compliance with conditions 6 (Details of M&E installations), 7 (Details- fabric upgrade and adaptation) of listed building consent 24/01521/LBC.

    Submitted 27 Mar 2026 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 24 Nov 2025

    Received by Oxford

  2. 8 Dec 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 2 February 2026, 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

10 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Oxford for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Oxford decided heritage and listed building applications in a median of 65 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About heritage and listed building applications

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  • Magdalen College High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4AU

    25/02303/CAT Submitted 5 Sep 2025 0m away

    Prune 1no. London Plane tree by reducing 1no. branch. Fell 2no. dead Box trees and fell 1no. dead Thorn tree species as specified by David Craft in the Central conservation area.

    Granted Trees 1 doc
  • Magdalen College High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4AU

    26/00315/CND2 Submitted 8 Jun 2026 0m away

    Details submitted in compliance with condition 12 (Landscape Mitigation) of planning permission 26/00315/VAR

    Granted Conditions 4 docs
  • Magdalen College High Street Oxford OX1 4AU

    19/01375/CAT Submitted 23 May 2019 0m away

    Works to various trees as specified by Jenks Oxford Ltd in the Oxford City Council Central Conservation Area.

    Granted Trees 15 docs
  • Magdalen College High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4AU

    24/01521/CND3 Submitted 27 Mar 2026 0m away

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    Details submitted in compliance with conditions 6 (Details of M&E installations), 7 (Details- fabric upgrade and adaptation) of listed building consent 24/01521/LBC.

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