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Castle View Farm Lowslip Hill West Hougham Kent CT15 7AT

Refused Dover 23/00057 Certificate of Lawful Existing Use

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) for continued use as a single dwellinghouse

As published by the council, reference 23/00057

Application record

Reference
23/00057
Type
Certificate of Lawful Existing Use
Status
Decided
Decision
Certificate Existing Refused
Received
15 Jan 2023
Validated
16 Jan 2023
Decided
22 Feb 2023
Ward
Alkham And Capel-le-Ferne
Parish
HOUGHAM WITHOUT
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
CT15 7AT

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 15 Jan 2023

    Received by Dover

  2. 16 Jan 2023

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 22 Feb 2023

    Decision issued: Certificate Existing Refused

  4. 29 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

20 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Dover 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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