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78 Divinity Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1LN

25/00551/CEUCert of Lawfulness - Existing UseApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 6 May 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to certify that the existing house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4) is lawful development

Received
10 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Clement's Ward
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.16 Apr
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided6 May

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 78 Divinity Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1LN. Oxford has handled 293 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. There have been 2 other applications 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 1LN
Application type
Cert of Lawfulness - Existing Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2025
Consultation expiry
16 April 2025
Consultation start
17 March 2025
Consultation end
16 April 2025
Neighbour consultation start
17 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end
16 April 2025
Last date for comments
16 April 2025
Target decision date
5 May 2025
Permission expires
6 May 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent address
One Stop Planning Service 18 Dearlove Close Abingdon OX14 1LP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 March 2025
Site notice start
26 March 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13839753
Documents
7
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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