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4B Clifton Terrace Southend-on-sea Essex SS1 1DT

Refused Southend-on-Sea 21/01365/CLE Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)

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

Proposal

Use 4B and 4C Cliffton Terrace as a single family dwelling (Lawful Development Certificate-Existing)

As published by the council, reference 21/01365/CLE

Application record

Reference
21/01365/CLE
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)
Status
Rejected
Decision
Refuse Lawful Development Certificate
Received
5 Jul 2021
Validated
5 Jul 2021
Decided
27 Aug 2021
Ward
Milton
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
SS1 1DT

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 5 Jul 2021

    Received by Southend-on-Sea

  2. 27 Aug 2021

    Decision issued: Refuse Lawful Development Certificate

  3. 30 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Agent on file, an architecture practice

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Documents

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

23 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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