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25/02954/CEU - Cert of Lawfulness - Existing Use Approved

Proposal

Application to certify that the existing House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4) is lawful development. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Nov 2025
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Validated
17 Nov 2025
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Consultation
20 Nov 2025
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Approved
13 Jan 2026

Approved on 13 Jan 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 8 Oct 2026

Site constraints 11

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Jericho conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
2 Article 4 directions
The Jericho Article 4 Direction · Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Air quality management area: The City of Oxford
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden 150 m away: St Sepulchre's Cemetery; 1 listed building within 150 m; Special area of conservation 456 m away: Oxford Meadows; National infrastructure project 100 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application; SSSI 456 m away: Port Meadow with Wolvercote Common & Green SSSI; Inside the Oxford built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £351,000 in August 2009. Terraced house, freehold.

21 August 2009£351,000
29 November 1996£99,950

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area97 m² (1,044 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (66 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyMid-terrace house, 5 habitable rooms
Built1900 to 1929
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2018, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Oxford
Application type
Cert of Lawfulness - Existing Use
Postcode
OX2 6DD
Received
10 Nov 2025
Validated
17 Nov 2025
Ward
Carfax And Jericho Ward
Case officer
Show
Target decision
14 Jan 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
13 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
C/o Applicant

How this decision compares

Decided in 57 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Approved, as 79% of lawful development certificates here are.

75%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
247decided in the last year

Plota live figures for lawful development certificates decided by Oxford in the last twelve months, from validation. Oxford decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 8 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14445656
Planning Portal ref
PP-14445656
Neighbours
20 Nov 2025
Consultation
20 Nov 2025
Comments by
22 Dec 2025
Site or press notice
26 Nov 2025
Statutory expiry
12 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No
Oxford
Planning Authority Score
1.8/10
Poor
#277 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Oxford is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #261 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 57% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (89%) than the national average (90%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines
expect longer than the statutory limit
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Oxford decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #159 of 296
89%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #205 of 296
43%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #261 of 296
57%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #259 of 296
61%
Minor dwellings approved
64 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
5 decided (10+ homes)
75%
Change of use approved
117 decided
1,150
Total decisions
140 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.