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Church's office conversion plan approved

BBC A general view picture of the chapel building and the office building next to it further down the road.BBC
The buildings, in St Michael's Street, stand opposite the Oxford Union's building

A church's plan to convert an office building next door in Oxford city centre has been given the go-ahead by a council.

Oxford Evangelical Presbyterian Church agreed to buy the Grade II listed North Gate Hall from Oxford City Council earlier this year and had been leasing it from the authority.

The 19th Century building, in St Michael's Street, was originally used as a United Methodist Free Church chapel and then a restaurant between 2012 and 2020.

The church said it will reuse the three-storey 1950s office building alongside it as a "flexible modern space" to "meet the day-to-day needs of the congregation and linked organisations".

The council approved the planning application last week.

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