Planning application
Chestnuts Farm Eastcote Lane Hampton In Arden Solihull B92 0AS
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Certificate of lawful development for the existing use of building within the red line boundary as an office and workshop, including associated storage ancillary to that use. The building has been in continuous non-agricultural use since the early 1990s. At no point has the use ceased or the building been abandoned and there has been no reversion to agricultural use at any time. The use has therefore been continuous for a period well in excess of 10 years prior to the enforcement action taken in 2022.
As published by the council, reference PL/2026/00699/CLEUD
Application record
- Reference
- PL/2026/00699/CLEUD
- Type
- Cert. Lawful Dev Existing
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused
- Received
- 10 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 10 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 9 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Bickenhill
- Parish
- Barston Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- B92 0AS
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Apr 2026
Received by Solihull
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9 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Refused
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19 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat 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.
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