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Heath Cottage Witney Road Finstock Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3DF

Refused West Oxfordshire 25/02770/CLP Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev

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
Refused As published: 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

  1. 11 Nov 2025

    Received by West Oxfordshire

  2. 6 Jan 2026

    Decision issued: Refuse

  3. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

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Planning by Design Agent, a planning consultancy registered in London

Active · incorporated 2021 · London

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Documents

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

9 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

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.

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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