Planning application
25/02374/CERTE
Bread Oven Cottage Northfield Farm Wantage Road Great Shefford Hungerford RG17 7DQ
Proposal
This application for a certificate of lawfulness of existing use is submitted in order to confirm that Bread Oven Cottage has been lawfully and continuously occupied as a Class C3 dwelling since 2008. It is a separate dwelling to Bakehouse Cottage which is adjacent.
As published by the council, reference 25/02374/CERTE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Oct 2025
Received by West Berkshire
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22 Oct 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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19 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Approval
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25 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
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.
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