Oxford Nisa appeals plans to extend shop to include Evri

Nisa Local opened for Botley and Osney customers in November 2025, taking over the former Pickle and Lime grocery unit.

A planning application to Oxford City Council to create a single storey extension and steel security front shutter was refused in March 2026.

Proposed ground floor plan to extend new Nisan Local in Oxford’s Botley Road (Image: Virtus Design & Build)

You can submit your comments to the Government’s planning inspectorate by May 29.

The extension plans include new services such as an Evri parcel service and to provide two more Cook Frozen Meal freezers.

Also included is a move the Costa Coffee self-service machine to the front of the store, and to provide more floor space for Bake & Bite and the Oxford-based Natural Bread Company.

The Nisa store in Botley Road (Image: Ben Hardy)

Due to the scale, and appearance of the extension, the city council said it would result in a “harmful erosion” of the surrounding area and the building’s original character and proportions, which has already been previously extended.

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Now, the applicant, Mansi Jain Chowdhry, has submitted an appeal to the refused planning permission.

The applicant disagrees with the council’s assessment and believes the decision is “unsound” as the extension would not harm the character of the site or its surroundings but assist in strengthening a community facility.

The appeal statement says the extension is at the rear of the property so it does not alter the public-facing proportions, the ground floor retail space has bee in commercial use since the early 1900s.