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Property At Rear Of 23 And 25 Plough Way London Southwark SE16 2LS

Refused Southwark 23/AP/2518 Certificate of Lawful Dev. - Existing

Works: New dwelling

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing): Use of the ground floor and first floor as two individual self-contained flats.

As published by the council, reference 23/AP/2518

Application record

Reference
23/AP/2518
Type
Certificate of Lawful Dev. - Existing
Status
Refused
Decision
Certificate of Lawfulness Exist- REFUSED
Received
6 Sep 2023
Validated
19 Oct 2023
Decided
4 Dec 2023
Ward
Rotherhithe
Parish
Bermondsey And Rotherhithe
Decision by
Delegated Panel - Complex
Postcode
SE16 2LS

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 6 Sep 2023

    Received by Southwark

  2. 19 Oct 2023

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 4 Dec 2023

    Decision issued: Certificate of Lawfulness Exist- REFUSED

  4. 26 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Agent on file, a planning consultancy registered in Edenbridge

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Documents

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

17 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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