Planning application
3 Sells Close, Guildford, GU1 3JY
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the conversion of the garage into habitable accommodation would be lawful.
As published by the council, reference 23/P/00409
Application record
- Reference
- 23/P/00409
- Type
- C of Lawfulness for Proposed Use or Dev
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refuse
- Received
- 9 Mar 2023
- Validated
- 9 Mar 2023
- Decided
- 28 Apr 2023
- Ward
- Holy Trinity
- Parish
- Holy Trinity
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- GU1 3JY
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Mar 2023
Received by Guildford
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28 Apr 2023
Decision issued: Refuse
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7 Sep 2026
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Agent on file, registered in Cardiff
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12 documents on file for this application
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Guildford 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.
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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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