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10 East Street, Colchester Essex CO1 2TX

Refused Colchester 222868 Certificate of Lawful Use - Existing

Works: New dwelling Domestic

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

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

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a proposed use conversion of 2 x flats to one dwelling.

As published by the council, reference 222868

Application record

Reference
222868
Type
Certificate of Lawful Use - Existing
Status
Decision Issued
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
Received
16 Nov 2022
Validated
7 Dec 2022
Decided
24 Feb 2023
Ward
Castle
Parish
Colchester
Postcode
CO1 2TX

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 16 Nov 2022

    Received by Colchester

  2. 7 Dec 2022

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 24 Feb 2023

    Decision issued: Refuse Certificate of Lawful Use or Development

  4. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

7 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Colchester 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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