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3 Cherwell Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1BG

16/02735/CEUCert of Lawfulness - Existing UseApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 14 December 2016

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to certify that the existing use of property as House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4) is lawful.

Received
19 October 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Clement's Ward
  1. Received19 Oct
  2. Validated24 Oct
  3. Consult.28 Nov
  4. Target19 Dec
  5. Decided14 Dec

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 3 Cherwell Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1BG. Oxford has handled 293 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the St Clement's and Iffley Road conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across St Clement's Ward. We hold 1,718 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 1BG
Application type
Cert of Lawfulness - Existing Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 October 2016
Consultation expiry
28 November 2016
Consultation start
25 October 2016
Consultation end
28 November 2016
Neighbour consultation start
25 October 2016
Neighbour consultation end
28 November 2016
Last date for comments
28 November 2016
Target decision date
19 December 2016
Permission expires
14 December 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Kemp And Kemp LLP 1-3 Oak Street Abingdon OX14 5AL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 October 2016

Additional information

Documents
3
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2009
    17 Dec

    Proposed replacement windows.

    ApprovedPermitted Development Check09/02774/PDC

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