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200 Abingdon Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4RA

23/01686/CEUCert of Lawfulness - Existing UseRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 10 October 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to certify that the use of the first floor as a house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4) is lawful development (Amended description).

Received
24 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hinksey Park
  1. Received24 Jul
  2. Validated2 Aug
  3. Consult.5 Oct
  4. Target11 Oct
  5. Decided10 Oct

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 200 Abingdon Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4RA. Oxford has handled 293 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than Oxford's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Hinksey Park. We hold 1,977 applications in total for the OX1 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
OX1 4RA
Application type
Cert of Lawfulness - Existing Use
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 August 2023
Consultation expiry
5 October 2023
Consultation start
10 September 2023
Consultation end
5 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start
10 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
5 October 2023
Last date for comments
5 October 2023
Target decision date
11 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Robin Akers Ltd 1 Lee Close Charlbury OX7 3SG

Planning decision

Statutory period
70 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 August 2023
Site notice start
13 September 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12304007
Documents
6
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
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.

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