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Staff Flat The Castle 108 King Charles Road Surbiton KT5 8QJ

Refused Kingston upon Thames 25/02449/CPU Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - Proposed

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

Proposal

Change of use of first floor flat (Use Class C3) into HMO (Use Class C4) with internal alterations and external refuse and cycle storage.

As published by the council, reference 25/02449/CPU

Application record

Reference
25/02449/CPU
Type
Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - Proposed
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse
Received
19 Sep 2025
Validated
19 Sep 2025
Decided
14 Nov 2025
Ward
Surbiton Hill
Parish
Surbiton
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
KT5 8QJ

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 19 Sep 2025

    Received by Kingston upon Thames

  2. 14 Nov 2025

    Decision issued: Refuse

  3. 12 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

22 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Kingston upon Thames 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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