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15 Birch Grove Kingswood Surrey KT20 6QU

Refused Reigate and Banstead 23/00895/CLP Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed Use)

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

Proposal

Use of the land for siting a mobile home for use ancillary to the main dwelling and the proposed mobile home meets the definition of a caravan as set out in the Caravan Sites Act 1968, and as amended in October 2006 (CSA). As amended on 03/07/2023

As published by the council, reference 23/00895/CLP

Application record

Reference
23/00895/CLP
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed Use)
Status
Decided (Refused)
Decision
Refused
Received
11 May 2023
Validated
11 May 2023
Decided
6 Jul 2023
Ward
Chipstead, Kingswood And Woodmansterne
Decision by
Neighbourhood Development Manager
Postcode
KT20 6QU

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 11 May 2023

    Received by Reigate and Banstead

  2. 6 Jul 2023

    Decision issued: Refused

  3. 21 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

5 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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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.

More on lawful development applications in our guide

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