Planning application
1 Heathcote Avenue Banbury OX16 9TP
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness existing - Use of amenity land as residential garden/domestic curtilage
As published by the council, reference 26/01243/CLUE
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01243/CLUE
- Type
- Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 18 May 2026
- Validated
- 3 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Banbury Calthorpe And Easington
- Parish
- Banbury
- Decision by
- Committee
- Postcode
- OX16 9TP
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cherwell register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/01634/F Awaiting decision
1 Heathcote Avenue Banbury OX16 9TP
Demolition of garage and erection of single storey extensions to side and rear and addition of box dormer to side roof slope (revised scheme of 25/02081/F to amend the roof of the rear extension from a flat roof to a pitched roof and to make changes to fenestration)
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25/02081/F Granted
1 Heathcote Avenue Banbury OX16 9TP
Demolition of part garage and erection of single storey extensions to side and rear and addition of box dormer to side roof slope
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 May 2026
Received by Cherwell
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3 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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1 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 29 July 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Cherwell took a median of 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Cherwell for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Cherwell decided lawful development applications in a median of 60 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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1 Heathcote Avenue Banbury OX16 9TP
Demolition of part garage and erection of single storey extensions to side and rear and addition of box dormer to side roof slope
Granted Full applications Extension Loft or dormer +1 24 docsSmall domestic -
1 Heathcote Avenue Banbury OX16 9TP
92% historically approved · decision due ~10 Sep
Demolition of garage and erection of single storey extensions to side and rear and addition of box dormer to side roof slope (revised scheme of 25/02081/F to amend the roof of the rear extension from a flat roof to a pitched roof and to make changes to fenestration)
Awaiting decision Full applications Extension Loft or dormer +2 32 docsSmall domestic -
5 Chatsworth Drive Banbury OX16 9TS
First floor side and part single/double storey rear extension
Granted Full applications Extension 14 docs -
6 Wheatley Close Banbury OX16 9TH
Single storey side extension and porch
Granted Full applications Extension 12 docsSmall domestic -
48 Elton Road Banbury OX16 9UB
Single storey rear lean-to extension - depth 3.7m, height to eaves 2.5m and overall height 3.6m
Granted Prior approval Extension 4 docsSmall domestic -
45 Longleat Close Banbury OX16 9TG
Two storey side extension with a new porch and a dropped kerb
Refused Full applications Extension 12 docsSmall domestic
Other lawful development applications
In Cherwell
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26/01934/CLUP Granted
170 Oxford Road Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 1EA
Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development for demolition of the existing store and WC, construction of new single storey kitchen extension and demolition of the detached garage.
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26/01758/CLUE Refused
Caravan Park Rear Of Barnstones Main Street Great Bourton OX17 1QU
Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Development for use of land as a caravan site in breach of Condition 6 of permission 316/82 and Condition 7 of permission 1065/88
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26/01757/CLUE Granted
Caravan Park Rear Of Barnstones Main Street Great Bourton OX17 1QU
Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use for Use of the land as part of an adjacent caravan site
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26/01721/CLUP Granted
41 Queens Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 0EB
Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Use and Development for Change of Use from a dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a small HMO (Class C4) for up to six residents only and minor external alterations to the principal (front) elevation of the existing dwellinghouse including the installation of a replacement front door within the existing structural opening and the installation of a new, co-ordinating door in lieu of the existing gated entrance to the side passage
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26/02338/CLUP Awaiting decision
11 Denbigh Close Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 0BQ
Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development for a home office ancillary to the primary residence