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78A St Clements Street Oxford OX4 1AW

03/01750/CEUCert of Lawfulness - Existing UseApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 9 January 2004

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application to certify that existing use of property for multiple occupation is lawful

Received
1 September 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Clement's Ward
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated19 Nov
  3. Consult.19 Dec
  4. Target14 Jan
  5. Decided9 Jan

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 78A St Clements Street Oxford OX4 1AW. Oxford has handled 293 applications of this type. This one was decided in 130 days, 11 weeks longer than Oxford's typical decision time. The site is in the St Clement's and Iffley Road conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across St Clement's Ward. We hold 1,723 applications in total for the OX4 postcode area.

80% of amendment applications at Oxford City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
OX4 1AW
Application type
Cert of Lawfulness - Existing Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 November 2003
Consultation expiry
19 December 2003
Consultation start
20 November 2003
Last date for comments
19 December 2003
Target decision date
14 January 2004
Permission expires
9 January 2009

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 November 2003
Advertisement expiry
19 December 2003

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: St. Clement's And Iffley Road
  • Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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