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Searches Farm Searches Lane St Albans Hertfordshire Wd5 0Sb

Refused St Albans 5/2017/2657 Certificate of Lawfulness (existing)

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

  1. 19 Sep 2017

    Received by St Albans

  2. 21 Sep 2017

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 1 Dec 2017

    Decision issued: Cert of Lawfulness - Refused

  4. 21 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

6 documents on file for this application

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What 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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