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41 Alvington Way Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 7NF

Refused Harborough 20/01400/CLU Certificate of Lawful Use

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for the use of land as residential curtilage to existing dwelling and for the erection of a wall/fence

As published by the council, reference 20/01400/CLU

Application record

Reference
20/01400/CLU
Type
Certificate of Lawful Use
Status
Refused
Decision
Refuse
Received
10 Sep 2020
Validated
10 Sep 2020
Decided
3 Nov 2020
Ward
Market Harborough Logan
Parish
Market Harborough
Postcode
LE16 7NF

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 10 Sep 2020

    Received by Harborough

  2. 3 Nov 2020

    Decision issued: Refuse

  3. 8 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

5 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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