Application:
25/00308/EC56 | Application for prior approval for the change of use of the first, second, third and fourth floors from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to create 4 x 1-bed, 6 x 2 -bed and 2 x 3-bed dwellings (Use Class C3). | 274 Banbury Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 7DY
Our Response:
February 2025
We support this application. Adaptive reuse from commercial to residential use at this scale will help to alleviate the housing need in Oxford. Retaining the building will reduce the whole life carbon impact of the site and limit carbon cost in construction. Maintaining the building’s active edge by preserving the ground floor retail units will benefit the surrounding public realm and improve natural surveillance.