Planning application
Bread Oven Cottage Northfield Farm Wantage Road Great Shefford Hungerford RG17 7DQ
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
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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
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
24 documents on file for this application
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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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