Planning application
7 Melrose Grove, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1HZ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Use of property as 4-bed HMO (Certificate of Lawfulness for an Existing Use).
As published by the council, reference 26/00328/CLEU
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00328/CLEU
- Type
- Cert of Lawfulness (Existing) 191
- Status
- Lawful
- Decision
- Granted As published: LAWFUL
- Received
- 27 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 6 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 2 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Southdown
- Decision by
- Non-Planning applications
- Postcode
- BA2 1HZ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Jan 2026
Received by Bath and North East Somerset
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6 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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2 Apr 2026
Decision issued: LAWFUL
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21 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
Documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Bath and North East Somerset granted permission on 2 April 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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