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5 Mitford Cottages Westwell Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4JU

26/00064/CLECertificate Existing Lawful Use/DevApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 31 March 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Application under Section 171B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing Use: Domestic Garden Land

Received
12 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Alvescot and Filkins
Agent
McLoughlin Planning
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 78 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 5 Mitford Cottages Westwell Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4JU. West Oxfordshire has handled 262 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 4 weeks longer than West Oxfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Alvescot and Filkins. We hold 999 applications in total for the OX18 postcode area.

91% of amendment applications at West Oxfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
OX18 4JU
Application type
Certificate Existing Lawful Use/Dev
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westwell

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
McLoughlin Planning
Agent address
De La Bere House Bayshill Road CHELTENHAM GL50 3AW

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14612567
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

Source: West Oxfordshire

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