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Ruskin Hall Dunstan Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 9BZ

26/00815/CEUCert of Lawfulness - Existing UseAwaiting decision
Lawful development certificate
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Application to certify that the existing development authorised by planning permission 22/00962/FUL at Ruskin Hall, Dunstan Road, Oxford is lawful development.

Received
31 March 2026
Decision due
28 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Headington Ward
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.14 May
  4. Target28 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 14 May.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (8)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Ruskin Hall Dunstan Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 9BZ. Oxford has handled 293 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 31 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Old Headington conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Headington 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 9BZ
Application type
Cert of Lawfulness - Existing Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2026
Consultation expiry
14 May 2026
Consultation start
14 April 2026
Consultation end
14 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
14 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
14 May 2026
Last date for comments
14 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Vail WIlliams LLP Savannah House 3 Ocean Way Southampton Hampshire SO14 3TJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14014820
Documents
8
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Old Headington
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Rookery (Ruskin College)On this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
  • Brownfield land register: Ruskin College Campus, Dunstan RoadRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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