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26/01938/CLUP - Certificate of Lawful Use Proposed Under Consultation

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development for removal of internal, non-load-bearing partition walls at ground and first floor to create open-plan living accommodation; replacement of existing windows and doors with matching new units within existing openings; enlargement of window openings to form doors and formation of two new openings in existing masonry walls… Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 12 Sept 2026, 02:16

Application progress

✓

Received

25 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 20 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 9 Oct 2026 and 17 Oct 2026, from recent lawful development certificates across the UK.

Documents 24

Other documents 24

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 2

Also on the record

Inside the Fringford built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council: Cherwell
Application type: Certificate of Lawful Use Proposed
Postcode: OX27 8DU
Received: 25 Aug 2026
Validated: 25 Aug 2026
Ward: Fringford And Heyfords
Parish: Fringford
Decision level: Delegated

Decision outlook

Day 20 of the 56-day target. Councils usually decide lawful development certificates by day 50.

prediction

Day 2036 days to the 56-day target

84%decided within 8 weeks

85%approved

19,862decided in the last year

Plota live figures for lawful development certificates decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent lawful development certificates in Cherwell to go on. Cherwell decision record →

Historical activity at this location

1 nearby application on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2016 Approved

The Paddock Fringford Oxfordshire OX27 8DU

Erection of single storey extensions to front and rear, and 3 No new dormer windows to re…

16/00307/F 13 Apr 2016

Cherwell

Planning Authority Score

3.6/10

Below average

#214 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Cherwell is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #247 out of 296. 49% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Cherwell decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

92%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #77 of 296

94%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #101 of 296

47%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #247 of 296

49%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #218 of 296

77%

Minor dwellings approved

117 decided (1-9 homes)

95%

Major dwellings approved

19 decided (10+ homes)

96%

Change of use approved

47 decided

1,091

Total decisions

90 refused in the year to March 2026