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Mayflower House 168 Cannock Road Westcroft Staffordshire WV10 8QP

Refused South Staffordshire 21/00731/LUP Certificate of Lawfulness - proposed

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

Proposal

Both the existing and proposed use of the application site fall within Class C3 and no intensification of the property or material change of use will take place, the Class C3(b) use is considered lawful and planning permission is not required.

As published by the council, reference 21/00731/LUP

Application record

Reference
21/00731/LUP
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness - proposed
Status
Decided
Decision
Refuse
Received
1 Jul 2021
Validated
1 Jul 2021
Decided
15 Sep 2021
Ward
Essington
Parish
ESSINGTON
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
WV10 8QP

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 1 Jul 2021

    Received by South Staffordshire

  2. 15 Sep 2021

    Decision issued: Refuse

  3. 8 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

5 documents on file for this application

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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.

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