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Tanpit Farm Cottage Broad Lane Downholland Ormskirk Lancashire L39 7HS

Refused Sefton 2021/0709/LDC Lawful Development Cert. (existing)

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness - To confirm that the existing dwelling can be lawfully occupied in non-compliance with condition 3 attached to application reference 8/83/541 requiring the property to be occupied by a person solely or mainly employed in agriculture.

As published by the council, reference 2021/0709/LDC

Application record

Reference
2021/0709/LDC
Type
Lawful Development Cert. (existing)
Status
Decided
Decision
Cert of Lawfulness (EXISTING) REFUSED
Received
26 May 2021
Validated
26 May 2021
Decided
28 Jul 2021
Ward
Aughton And Downholland
Parish
Downholland
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
L39 7HS

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 26 May 2021

    Received by Sefton

  2. 28 Jul 2021

    Decision issued: Cert of Lawfulness (EXISTING) REFUSED

  3. 21 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Emery Planning Partnership Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Macclesfield

Active · incorporated 2002 · Macclesfield

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Documents

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3 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Sefton 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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