Planning application
5 Ridgefield Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 3BS
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Application to certify that the existing House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4) is lawful development.
As published by the council, reference 26/00849/CEU
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00849/CEU
- Type
- Cert of Lawfulness - Existing Use
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 7 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 28 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Donnington Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated decision
- Postcode
- OX4 3BS
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Apr 2026
Received by Oxford
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28 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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2 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 23 June 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Oxford took a median of 41 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 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.
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Oxford for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Oxford decided lawful development applications in a median of 76 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.
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13 Ridgefield Road Oxford OX4 3BT
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12 Ridgefield Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 3BT
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 6.00m, for which the maximum height would be 2.86m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.55m
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2 Whitson Place Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 3DD
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16 Ridgefield Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 3BT
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Other lawful development applications
In Oxford
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26/00207/CEU Refused
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25/03239/CEU Refused
156 Headley Way Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 7SZ
Application to certify that the existing House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4) is lawful development.
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26/01051/CEU Granted
29 Chatham Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4UZ
Application to certify that the existing sub division of dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to create 2 x1 bed flats (Use Class C3) is lawful development.
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26/00200/CEU Granted
47 Cumberland Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 2BZ
Application to certify that the existing use of the outbuilding as a dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) is lawful development.
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26/00684/CEU Withdrawn
Iffley Post Office 77 Church Way Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 4EF
Application to certify that the existing installation of an air conditioning unit within the shop is lawful development.