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Pony World Blackhall Rocks Hartlepool TS27 4BL

Refused County Durham DM/23/03030/CEU Certificate of Lawfulness Existing Use

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 existing lawful use of the building as a cafe (use class E)

As published by the council, reference DM/23/03030/CEU

Application record

Reference
DM/23/03030/CEU
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness Existing Use
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused
Received
10 Oct 2023
Validated
10 Oct 2023
Decided
31 Oct 2024
Ward
Blackhalls (Historic)
Parish
Monk Hesleden
Decision by
Certificate of Lawfulness Existing
Postcode
TS27 4BL

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 10 Oct 2023

    Received by County Durham

  2. 31 Oct 2024

    Decision issued: Refused

  3. 2 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

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ELG Planning Agent, a planning consultancy

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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 this refusal means

County Durham 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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