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24/00458/LDC

Greenhouse At Ivanhoe Nurseries, Ironwell Lane, Hawkwell, Essex,

Granted Rochford Lawful Development Certificate

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed change of use of an agricultural building to a flexible commercial use for storage (B8) under Part 3 , Schedule 2, Class R of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development ) (England) Order 2015 as (amended )(GPDO). No operational development sought. Following decision for application ( 22/00967/DPDP3M) -The building footprint changing use is 200.64 m2 only, with the curtilage only as curtilage and not the building changing use.The site plan 384.1m2.outlined in red consists of the building changing use with a floor area 200.64 and curtilage .The change of use is for storage and distribution in an ambient environment,.Previous application (21/01115/DPDP4D) amounted to a site plan of 460 m2 with the building changing use of 240.24m2 the land of the site only as curtilage.The cumulative area of the floor plan area changing use on both applications (21/01115/DPDP4D) and( 22/00967/DPDP3M) would amount to 440.84 m2.Therefore the combination of both applications are within the limitations of 500m2 set at the date of application for the prior approval. .

As published by the council, reference 24/00458/LDC

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 21 Jun 2024

    Received by Rochford

  2. 6 Nov 2024

    Decision issued: Grant Lawful Development Certificate

  3. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

What a grant of permission means

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 three 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.

More on lawful development applications in our guide

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