{"id":35316,"date":"2026-04-17T22:27:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T21:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=35316"},"modified":"2026-04-17T22:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T21:27:14","slug":"flats-proposed-for-former-barclays-building-in-the-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=35316","title":{"rendered":"Flats Proposed for Former Barclays Building in the Square"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026041701.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nA planning application (P26\/V0517\/FUL) has been submitted for the former Barclays Bank building at No. 2 The Square in Abingdon, together with redevelopment of the buildings behind.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026041703.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe proposal would convert the existing ground, first and second floors into eight flats (seven one-bedroom and one two-bedroom). It also includes the demolition of the historic Baileys shoe repairs behind, to be replaced with a new two-storey building providing four additional units (three one-bedroom flats and one one-bedroom unit with a loft space).<\/p>\n<p>No. 2 The Square is a Grade II listed building, while the buildings behind are of later construction but could be treated as listed by association.<\/p>\n<p>The building was decommissioned in March 2024 under an earlier planning approval (P24\/V0109\/FUL), allowing the removal of banking fixtures such as the ATM. However, from my reading, it remained within commercial use rather than changing to residential use.<\/p>\n<p>This latest application therefore seeks permission to change the use to residential, along with the physical changes together with the demolition and rebuild of buildings behind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A planning application (P26\/V0517\/FUL) has been submitted for the former Barclays Bank building at No. 2 The Square in Abingdon, together with redevelopment of the buildings behind. The proposal would convert the existing ground, first and second floors into eight flats (seven one-bedroom and one two-bedroom). It also includes the demolition of the historic Baileys [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-building-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}