Planning application
4 Devonshire Villas, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4SX
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Use of property as HMO C4 (Certificate of Lawfulness for an Existing Use).
As published by the council, reference 26/02096/CLEU
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02096/CLEU
- Type
- Cert of Lawfulness (Existing) 191
- Status
- Lawful
- Decision
- Granted As published: LAWFUL
- Received
- 1 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 1 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 13 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Widcombe And Lyncombe
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BA2 4SX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Jun 2026
Received by Bath and North East Somerset
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13 Jul 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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Bath and North East Somerset granted permission on 13 July 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.
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