2 Old Copse Gardens Sonning Common RG4 9TH

1. 5 Oct 2017

   Received by South Oxfordshire

2. 6 Oct 2017

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 27 Nov 2017

   Decision issued: Refusal of Certificate of Lawful Use or Development

4. 15 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

More on lawful development applications in our guide

• 14 Old Copse Gardens Sonning Common RG4 9TH

  P17/S0961/HH Submitted 10 Mar 2017 0m away

  Erection of a single-storey rear extension and two-storey side extension with dormer windows (rear extension roof changed from hip to gable, window added to ground floor side elevation of side extension and dormer windows added to roof plans, as shown on amended plans received 28th April 2017).

  Decided Householder Extension Loft or dormer +1 11 docs
  Small domestic

• 9 Old Copse Gardens Sonning Common RG4 9TH

  P18/S0376/HH Submitted 2 Feb 2018 0m away

  Single storey rear and side extensions

  Decided Householder Extension 7 docs
  Small domestic

• 2 Old Copse Gardens Sonning Common RG4 9TH

  P17/S2081/LDP Submitted 5 Jun 2017 0m away

  Increasing size of dormer to create larger bathroom and bedrooms

  Decided Lawful development Loft or dormer 8 docs

• 2 Old Copse Gardens Sonning Common RG4 9TH

  P17/S3908/HH Submitted 1 Nov 2017 0m away

  Two storey rear extension.

  Decided Householder Extension 6 docs
  Domestic

• 10 Old Copse Gardens Sonning Common RG4 9TH

  P26/S0237/HH Submitted 27 Jan 2026 0m away

  Single storey rear/side extension and single storey side extension with internal alterations.

  Decided Householder Extension 10 docs
  Small domestic

• 5 Carling Road Sonning Common RG4 9TG

  P17/S2955/HH Submitted 10 Aug 2017 39m away

  Demolition of existing garden store and erection of outbuilding to provide gym and garden store.

  Decided Householder Demolition 13 docs
  Small domestic

• P26/S2127/LDP Granted

  13 Hawthorn Close Wallingford OX10 0SY

  The proposal comprises the installation of roof-mounted photovoltaic (PV) panels on the existing dwelling, an external air source heat pump (ASHP) unit to be sat on a concrete base, and a wall-mounted battery unit. The works are limited to the fixing of these items to the existing building and associated electrical and pipework connections. No new access, means of enclosure, drainage works, or alterations to the existing site layout are proposed.

  8 Jun 2026 Lawful development
• P26/S2688/LDP Granted

  289 Reading Road Henley-on-Thames RG9 1EL

  Construction of detached outbuilding in rear garden.

  30 Jun 2026 Lawful development
• P26/S1791/LDP Withdrawn

  5 Cinnamon Close Chalgrove Oxford OX44 7QY

  Erection of a rear boundary fence comprising 1.83m (6ft) close-board timber fence panels supported by concrete fence posts and 2 x 1ft concrete gravel boards.

  20 May 2026 Lawful development
• P26/S0996/LDE Granted

  Spring Farm Lodge Wallingford Road Goring Reading RG8 0HP

  Use of the dwellinghouse known as Spring Farm Lodge without compliance with condition 3 of application ref. P69/H0694

  31 Mar 2026 Lawful development
• P26/S3653/LDE Decided

  56B North Street Thame OX9 3BH

  The use of the land and buildings edged red on the submitted plans as a single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3), occupied and used separately from, and otherwise than in connection with or ancillary to, the occupation and use of 56A North Street.A certificate is sought in respect of the following: 1. Use as a single dwellinghouse. The two-storey cottage known as 56b North Street, Thame (also known as The Barn) has been used as a single self-contained dwellinghouse, occupied as a sole and principal residence independently of 56A North Street and 56 North Street, since approximately 2012. The dwelling comprises, at ground floor level, an open-plan living area, kitchen, bathroom and staircase; and at first floor level, two bedrooms, a landing and a WC. 2. Ancillary store and garden. The store room adjoining the dwelling has been used for domestic storage ancillary to that residential use. The enclosed garden has been used as private amenity space in connection with that residential use. Neither has been in independent use at any material time. 3. Access. The passageway leading from North Street has been used as the means of pedestrian access to the dwelling. 4. Breach of Condition 3 of planning permission P00/N0787. The occupation and use of the dwelling separately from, and otherwise than in connection with and ancillary to, the occupation and use of 56A North Street as a single dwellinghouse, constitutes a failure to comply with Condition 3 of planning permission P00/N0787 granted on 29 January 2001. A certificate is sought under section 191(1)(c) of the Act that that failure to comply is lawful, the time for taking enforcement action having expired. Each of the above relates to the land and buildings edged red on the submitted location and block plans, the whole of which is in the ownership of the Applicant.

  20 Aug 2026 Lawful development