Planning application
Kingdom Hall Of Jehovah Witnesses 149A Leigh Road Leigh-on-sea Essex SS9 1JF
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Change of use from place of worship (Class F2) to office building (Class E)
As published by the council, reference 24/01816/CLP
Application record
- Reference
- 24/01816/CLP
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)
- Status
- Rejected
- Decision
- Refuse Lawful Development Certificate
- Received
- 14 Nov 2024
- Validated
- 19 Nov 2024
- Decided
- 17 Dec 2024
- Ward
- Leigh
- Parish
- Leigh Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SS9 1JF
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Nov 2024
Received by Southend-on-Sea
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19 Nov 2024
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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17 Dec 2024
Decision issued: Refuse Lawful Development Certificate
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30 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
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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