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37 Bulan Road Oxford OX3 7HU

21/00812/CEUCert of Lawfulness - Existing UseRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 17 May 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

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

Received
23 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lye Valley Ward
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated23 Mar
  3. Consult.27 Apr
  4. Target18 May
  5. Decided17 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 37 Bulan Road Oxford OX3 7HU. Oxford has handled 293 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Lye Valley Ward. We hold 1,963 applications in total for the OX3 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
OX3 7HU
Application type
Cert of Lawfulness - Existing Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 March 2021
Consultation expiry
29 April 2021
Consultation start
30 March 2021
Consultation end
27 April 2021
Neighbour consultation start
30 March 2021
Neighbour consultation end
29 April 2021
Last date for comments
29 April 2021
Target decision date
18 May 2021
Decision issued
18 May 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 April 2021
Site notice start
8 April 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09646248
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Source: Oxford

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