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Recommendation: to approve the minutes of the meeting held on 20 January 2026 as a true and accurate record.

Site address: Oxfam, 2700 John Smith Drive, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Proposal: Erection of a rooftop extension to create an additional floor and roof plant area with balcony, to enable research and development and office use with ancillary facilities (Use class E). Relocation of building entrance to the southern elevation and insertion of a colonnade. Alterations to fenestration, insertion of louvres and cladding. Installation of a goods lift to the northern elevation. Provision of external plant compounds and enclosures. Alterations to landscaping and associated infrastructure, provision of bin and cycle storage. (Amended description).

Reason at Committee: Major development

RECOMMENDATION

Oxford City Planning Committee is recommended to:

1.             Approve the application for the reasons given in the report and subject to the required planning conditions set out in section 12 of this report and grant planning permission; and subject to:

• the satisfactory completion of a legal agreement under section.106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and other enabling powers to secure the planning obligations set out in the recommended heads of terms which are set out in this report; and

2.             Agree to delegate authority to the Director of Planning and Regulation to:

•                finalise the recommended conditions as set out in this report including such refinements, amendments, additions and/or deletions as the Director of Planning and Regulation considers reasonably necessary; and

•                finalise the recommended legal agreement under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and other enabling powers as set out in this report, including refining, adding to, amending and/or deleting the obligations detailed in the heads of terms set out in this report (including to dovetail with and where appropriate, reinforce the final conditions and informatives to be attached to the planning permission) as the Director of Planning and Regulation considers reasonably necessary; and

•                complete the section 106 legal agreement referred to above and issue the planning permission.

Items currently expected to be considered by the committee at future meetings are listed for information. This is not a definitive list and applications may be added or removed at any point. These are not for discussion at this meeting.

Future meetings of the Committee are scheduled at 6.00pm on:

24 March 2026

21 April 2026

26 May 2026