29 Swallowtail Road Chinnor OX39 4GQ

P25/S0537/LDPOther (Law. Dev. (proposed))Refused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 8 April 2025

Council decision: Refusal of Certificate of Lawful Use or Development

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed works to garage to create gym and space for DIY workshop.

Received: 18 February 2025
Council: South Oxfordshire District Council

ReceivedReceived18 Feb
ValidatedValidated21 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date18 Apr
DecidedDecided8 Apr

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at 29 Swallowtail Road Chinnor OX39 4GQ. South Oxfordshire has handled 540 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,026 applications in total for the OX39 postcode area.

84% of outline applications at South Oxfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: OX39 4GQ
Application type: Other (Law. Dev. (proposed))
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 21 February 2025
Target decision date: 18 April 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Appeal

Appeal status: No appeal lodged.

Additional information

Documents: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

2025
15 Apr
Proposed garage conversion to gym and DIY workshop.
ApprovedHouseholderP25/S1264/HH

Source: South Oxfordshire

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