Planning application
Heath Cottage Witney Road Finstock Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3DF
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness (change of use of detached home office to ancillary residential accommodation)
As published by the council, reference 25/02770/CLP
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02770/CLP
- Type
- Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refuse
- Received
- 11 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 11 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 6 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Charlbury and Finstock
- Parish
- Finstock
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- OX7 3DF
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Nov 2025
Received by West Oxfordshire
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6 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Refuse
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9 Aug 2026
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Agent on file, a planning consultancy registered in London
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9 documents on file for this application
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West Oxfordshire refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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