Planning application
47 Cumberland Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 2BZ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application to certify that the existing use of the outbuilding as a dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) is lawful development.
As published by the council, reference 26/00200/CEU
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00200/CEU
- Type
- Cert of Lawfulness - Existing Use
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 21 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 27 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 16 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Donnington Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- OX4 2BZ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Oxford register
This site has had 2 applications since 2019: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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19/00420/H42 Granted
47 Cumberland Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 2BZ
Application for prior approval for the erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 6.0m, for which the maximum height would be 3.0m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 3.0m.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Jan 2026
Received by Oxford
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27 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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16 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Approved
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9 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Oxford granted permission on 16 June 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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.
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