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283 Camberwell New Road London Southwark SE5 0TF

Granted Southwark 23/AP/2988 Certificate of Lawful Dev. - Existing

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness (Existing) for use of the ground floor (Class E, Formally B1 - photographic studio) as part of the dwelling house (C3) already established on the first and second floors, for a continuous period of four years.

As published by the council, reference 23/AP/2988

Application record

Reference
23/AP/2988
Type
Certificate of Lawful Dev. - Existing
Status
Granted
Decision
Granted As published: Certificate of Lawfulness Exist- GRANTED
Received
25 Oct 2023
Validated
26 Oct 2023
Decided
19 Dec 2023
Ward
Camberwell Green
Decision by
Delegated Panel - Simple
Postcode
SE5 0TF

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 25 Oct 2023

    Received by Southwark

  2. 26 Oct 2023

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 19 Dec 2023

    Decision issued: Certificate of Lawfulness Exist- GRANTED

  4. 26 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

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Planning Direct Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Belfast

Dissolved · incorporated 2002 · Belfast

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Documents

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

14 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Southwark granted permission on 19 December 2023, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. 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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