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Land Rear Of Acorn Cottage Hinckley Road Sapcote Leicestershire LE9 4LH

Refused Blaby 20/1311/CLE Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

An application for a certificate of lawful use (existing) in order to confirm that the occupation of an existing mobile home is that of a residential dwelling (use class C3) rather than being a restricted occupation for a specific family member imposed on application 02/0184/1/PX as condition 2.

As published by the council, reference 20/1311/CLE

Application record

Reference
20/1311/CLE
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused
Received
26 Oct 2020
Validated
26 Oct 2020
Decided
2 Jul 2021
Ward
Stanton & Flamville
Parish
Sapcote Parish Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
LE9 4LH

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 26 Oct 2020

    Received by Blaby

  2. 2 Jul 2021

    Decision issued: Refused

  3. 17 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

5 documents on file for this application

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What refusal means

The process from here

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

About lawful development applications

How this application type works

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

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