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Rosewood 19 Oakmere Avenue Withnell Chorley PR6 8AX

Refused Chorley 21/00538/CLPUD Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed Use)

Works: Demolition

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

Proposal

Application for a certificate of lawfulness for a proposed detached garage (following demolition of existing attached garage)

As published by the council, reference 21/00538/CLPUD

Application record

Reference
21/00538/CLPUD
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed Use)
Status
Refused
Decision
Refuse Certificate of Lawfulness Prop
Received
30 Apr 2021
Validated
30 Apr 2021
Decided
9 Aug 2021
Ward
Chorley North East
Parish
Withnell
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
PR6 8AX

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 30 Apr 2021

    Received by Chorley

  2. 9 Aug 2021

    Decision issued: Refuse Certificate of Lawfulness Prop

  3. 7 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

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Company information only, from the register and Companies House

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Documents

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

7 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.

More on lawful development applications in our guide

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