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79 Cowley Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1HR

26/01986/CEUPending Decision
Lawful development certificate

Proposal

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

Received
21 August 2026
Site boundary (council red line)
  1. Received21 Aug
  2. Validated21 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

This is a planning application at 79 Cowley Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1HR. Oxford has handled 6,063 applications of this type and approves 91% of them, typically deciding them in 50 days. It was submitted on 21 August 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,655 applications in total for the OX4 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
26/01986/CEU
Address
79 Cowley Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1HR
Postcode
OX4 1HR
Local Authority
Oxford
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Registered

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
14 August 2026
Date Validated
21 August 2026
Date Submitted
21 August 2026

Planning Decision

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
51.748993, -1.240060
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Oxford

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Planning constraints

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 2026-10-09. 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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