Planning application
16 Water Lane Richmond Surrey TW9 1TJ
Works: New dwelling
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Change of use from office to residential use, comprising three self-contained apartments together with external elevation modifications.
As published by the council, reference PA26/0472
Application record
- Reference
- PA26/0472
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused As published: Refused Permission
- Received
- 11 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 13 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 16 Sep 2026
- Ward
- South Richmond Ward [STR]
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision Team Leader
- Postcode
- TW9 1TJ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Feb 2026
Received by Richmond upon Thames
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13 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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16 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Refused Permission
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
66 documents on file for this application
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