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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
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 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.

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