Planning application
Well House Road Between Highbeech Farm Lane And Chapel Road Whitelye Trellech Monmouthshire NP16 6NP
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
This application for a Certificate of Lawful Development is for an existing historical vehicular access next to Well House where metal gates have been replaced with improved oak gates, and high conifers have been removed to improve visibility. The vehicle access has always existed. This is also supported by more recent photographs of the access. Similar vehicular access can be found in properties close-by such as Grove House.
As published by the council, reference DM/2024/00361
Application record
- Reference
- DM/2024/00361
- Type
- Certificate of ExistLawful Use or Dev
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approve
- Received
- 15 Mar 2024
- Validated
- 27 Jun 2024
- Decided
- 23 Dec 2024
- Ward
- Mitchel Troy And Trellech
- Parish
- Trellech United Community Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Officer
- Postcode
- NP16 6NP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Mar 2024
Received by Monmouthshire
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27 Jun 2024
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Dec 2024
Decision issued: Approve
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7 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
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The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
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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