In 2013 outline planning permission was granted for five plots on the Old Road campus covering 48,000 square metres. That permission was for:
“Demolition of existing buildings on application site. Outline planning application (fixing details of access) for the erection of 48,000sqm of class D1 research floorspace and ancillary facilities on 2 to 5 storeys over 5 building plots as an extension to University of Oxford Old Road Campus. Provision of 459 car parking spaces, cycle parking, hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatment”
- Approved outline planning application 12/02072/OUT
- Details submitted in compliance with 17 conditions (12/02072/CND13) and two conditions (19/01225/CND) and three conditions (21/01347/CND3), and two conditions relating to Plot 3 (12/02072/CND11)
Three of the five buildings have been completed, one is being built, and one is still a pending planning application.
Plot B1: Institute for Global Health
Approved on 8 June 2022 and currently being built
This £32m facility designed by Associated Architects is currently being built on the north-west corner of the Old Road campus (with Old Road to the north and Mileway Gardens to the west), by Morgan Sindall Construction, It will accommodate 400 staff and 330 researchers:
“Construction of 4552 square metres of office, research and teaching space (F.1 Use Class) for the Institute for Global Health. Provision of an outbuilding to provide cycle parking, bin storage and associated sprinkler system with associated hard and soft landscaping works”.
- Approved planning application 21/01347/FUL and non-material amendment 21/01347/NMA
- Details submitted in compliance with ten conditions (21/01347/CND) and two conditions (21/01347/CND2)
- Consultation on public path diversion: 21/01541/CONSLT to allow development of the Institute of Global Health
- Earlier consultation details
- Oxford Mail, 9 January 2024:
“Oxford University to build £32m facility in Headington”
Plot B2: Research Centre for Pandemic Sciences
Approved and currently being built
A major new laboratory on the site opposite Stapleton Road
“Three-storey laboratory building with basement and plant at roof level with associated substation building, cycle storage building, and associated landscaping”
This will include the Poonawalla Vaccines Research Building
Plot B3: Institute of Developmental & Regenerative Medicine
In operation, on east side of campus near Churchill Drive
- Website
- Approved planning application 19/01225/RES and non-material amendment 19/01225/NMA
Plot B4: Bioescalator/Amenities Building and car park
In operation, on east side of campus on Roosevelt Drive
- Website
- Approved planning application 15/00996/RES
Plot B5: Big Data Institute
In operation, in centre of buildings
- Website
- Approved planning application 14/01586/RES
The original outline plan included the loss of the Triangle Nursery, but an application has now been submitted for its permanent retention (25/01233/FUL). This nursery nursery run by Kids Planet looks after a maximum of 88 children on any one day.
