Planning application
270A Woodstock Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 7NW
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 planning permission 17/03070/FUL has been lawfully implemented and is therefore lawful development.
As published by the council, reference 26/02085/CEU
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02085/CEU
- Type
- Cert of Lawfulness - Existing Use
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 27 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 27 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Cutteslowe And Sunnymead Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated decision
- Postcode
- OX2 7NW
Comment by 8 October 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Have your say on Oxford's portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Aug 2026
Received by Oxford
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10 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 22 October 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 37 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 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 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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