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64-70 Denmark Hill London Southwark SE5 8RZ

Refused Southwark 20/AP/0505 Certificate of Lawful Dev. - Proposed

Works: New dwelling Several homes

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) for change of use from A1 (Retail)/ A2 (Bank) /Sui Generis (betting office or a payday loan shop) to Use class C3 (5 flats (retail addresses 64-70) under Class G of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended.

As published by the council, reference 20/AP/0505

Application record

Reference
20/AP/0505
Type
Certificate of Lawful Dev. - Proposed
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused As published: Certificate of Lawfulness PROP- REFUSED
Received
18 Feb 2020
Validated
19 Feb 2020
Decided
14 May 2020
Ward
Camberwell Green
Decision by
Delegated Panel - Complex
Postcode
SE5 8RZ

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 18 Feb 2020

    Received by Southwark

  2. 19 Feb 2020

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 14 May 2020

    Decision issued: Certificate of Lawfulness PROP- REFUSED

  4. 15 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

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GAA Design Ltd. Agent, a design practice

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Documents

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13 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Southwark 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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