Planning application
P19/S1822/LDP
Kings Copse Lower Road Garsington OX44 9BL
Proposal
Confirmation that the proposed layout, comprising the stationing of 145 residential mobile homes (all falling within the definition of caravan in the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960, as amended) and ancillary land, would not result in a material change of use of the caravan site at Kings Copse Mobile Home Park
As published by the council, reference P19/S1822/LDP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 Jun 2019
Received by South Oxfordshire
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20 Jun 2019
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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30 Aug 2019
Decision issued: Refusal of Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
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29 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What refusal means
The process from here
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.
About lawful development applications
How this application type works
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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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P19/S2440/LDE Refused
Kings Copse Lower Road Garsington OX44 9BL
Residential Mobile Home Park (Caravan Site).
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P25/S3614/FUL Granted
Great Leys Farm, Leys Barn, Lower Road, Garsington, Oxford, OX44 9BE
Installation of an underground high voltage cable to support permitted solar development (Local Planning Authority Ref: P23/S4132/FUL). (As amplified by information received 10 February 2026. As amended by information received 18 March 2026.)
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P20/S0402/LDP Decided
Kings Copse Lower Road Garsington OX44 9BL
Confirmation that the proposed layout, comprising the stationing of 116 residential mobile homes (all falling within the definition of 'caravan' in the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960, as amended) across the whole of the planning unit, and with specific landscaping proposals as shown, would not result in a material change of use of the caravan site at Kings Copse Mobile Home Park.
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P20/S0403/LDP Decided
Kings Copse Lower Road Garsington OX44 9BL
Confirmation that the proposed layout, comprising the stationing of 129 residential mobile homes (all falling within the definition of 'caravan' in the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960, as amended), with specific landscaping proposals, would not result in a material change of use of the caravan site at Kings Copse Mobile Home Park.
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P19/S2752/DIS Split decision
Plot 9 Kiln Lane Garsington Oxon OX44 9AR
Discharge of conditions 5 (Land Restoration) 9 (Amenity Block) 10(Surface and Foul Drainage) 12 (Landscaping) 13 (Risk of Contamination) on planning application P17/S4216/FUL Change of use of land as a private gypsy and traveller caravan site, consisting of a mobile home, a touring caravan, an amenity block and associated development.
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P25/S3846/S73 Decided
7/8 Kiln Lane, Garsington, OX44 9AR
Variation of conditions 1 (Occupation of site) and 2 (Approved plans) related to appeal decision APP/Q3115/W/20/3263366 (application ref P19/S4253/FUL) - removal of Condition 1 to make the temporary and personal permission permanent, and variation of Condition 2 to allow a different layout. (The appeal is allowed and planning permission is granted for a limited period of five years for the material change of use of land to use as a travellers site consisting of a mobile home, an amenity block, two touring caravans and associated works at 7/8 Kiln Lane, Garsington OX44 9AR in accordance with the terms of application P19/S4253/FUL, dated 18 November 2019, and subject to the conditions set out in the attached schedule)
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P26/S2060/LDP Granted
8 Cleeve Park Cottages Icknield Road Goring Reading RG8 0DJ
Removal of existing rear extension & erection of flat roof rear extension.
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P26/S2297/LDP Granted
111 Kynaston Road Didcot OX11 8HA
Erection of a single-storey rear extension, alterations to the existing side elevation at ground floor level, involving the reduction in size of an existing window opening.
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P26/S2168/LDP Granted
28 East End Cholsey Wallingford OX10 9RT
Single storey side extension.
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P26/S0923/LDP Granted
31 Wessex Way Long Wittenham Abingdon OX14 4SQ
Replace fence with wall & fence.
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P26/S1614/LDP Granted
10 Balliol Drive Didcot OX11 9RJ
Proposed use for short-term let, serviced accommodation.