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8 William Street Reading RG1 7DE

Refused Reading 191668 Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Use or Development

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for existing use of a one dwelling house changed to two dwelling houses (basement and upper maisonette)

As published by the council, reference 191668

Application record

Reference
191668
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Use or Development
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Refuse
Received
17 Oct 2019
Validated
18 Oct 2019
Decided
13 Dec 2019
Ward
Abbey Ward
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
RG1 7DE

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 17 Oct 2019

    Received by Reading

  2. 18 Oct 2019

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 13 Dec 2019

    Decision issued: Refuse

  4. 15 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

4 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Reading 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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