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Bread Oven Cottage Northfield Farm Wantage Road Great Shefford Hungerford RG17 7DQ

Granted West Berkshire 25/02374/CERTE Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

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

Application record

Reference
25/02374/CERTE
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approval
Received
14 Oct 2025
Validated
22 Oct 2025
Decided
19 Jan 2026
Ward
Downlands
Parish
Great Shefford Parish Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
RG17 7DQ

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 14 Oct 2025

    Received by West Berkshire

  2. 22 Oct 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 19 Jan 2026

    Decision issued: Approval

  4. 25 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

24 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

West Berkshire granted permission on 19 January 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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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