Planning application
Searches Farm Searches Lane St Albans Hertfordshire Wd5 0Sb
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) - Erection of building 23
As published by the council, reference 5/2017/2657
Application record
- Reference
- 5/2017/2657
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness (existing)
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Cert of Lawfulness - Refused
- Received
- 19 Sep 2017
- Validated
- 21 Sep 2017
- Decided
- 1 Dec 2017
- Ward
- St Stephen
- Parish
- St Stephen
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- WD5 0SB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Sep 2017
Received by St Albans
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21 Sep 2017
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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1 Dec 2017
Decision issued: Cert of Lawfulness - Refused
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21 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
St Albans 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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