Application:
25/00764/FUL | Alterations to existing shopfront, including painting of shopfront and window frames. Insertion of timber door to front elevation. (amended description) | 106 High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4BW
Our Response:
June 2025
We support this planning application. Oxford’s High Street is internationally significant for its exceptional architecture and townscape beauty, described as ‘one of the world’s great streets’ by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner. Its gentle curve towards Magdalen Bridge constantly reveals new views and buildings, with narrow tenement plots revealing the layout of the medieval town.
The Shopfronts and Signage Technical Advice Note (TAN 10) was created by the Oxford City Council to guide the façade treatment of shopfronts within the city’s historic centre. This application is in line with the advice set out in TAN 10, resulting in a sensitive development which would complement its internationally significant setting and improve the streetscape.