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Midwinter Farm Orltons Lane Rusper West Sussex

Refused Horsham DC/23/2047 Certificate Existing Lawful Use/Dev

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

Proposal

Application to confirm the building works for the erection of a detached building were substantially completed more than four years before the date of this application (Lawful Development Certificate - Existing)

As published by the council, reference DC/23/2047

Application record

Reference
DC/23/2047
Type
Certificate Existing Lawful Use/Dev
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused As published: Application Refused
Received
8 Nov 2023
Validated
8 Nov 2023
Decided
18 Sep 2024
Ward
Colgate and Rusper
Parish
Rusper PC
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 8 Nov 2023

    Received by Horsham

  2. 18 Sep 2024

    Decision issued: Application Refused

  3. 2 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

12 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Horsham 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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