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45 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4ET

Refused Stevenage 23/00165/CLED Cert. of Lawful EXISTING development

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 as a 7 bedroom HMO (Use Class Sui-Generis)

As published by the council, reference 23/00165/CLED

Application record

Reference
23/00165/CLED
Type
Cert. of Lawful EXISTING development
Status
Decided
Decision
Certificate of Lawfulness Refused
Received
28 Feb 2023
Validated
28 Feb 2023
Decided
6 Apr 2023
Ward
St Nicholas
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
SG1 4ET

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 28 Feb 2023

    Received by Stevenage

  2. 6 Apr 2023

    Decision issued: Certificate of Lawfulness Refused

  3. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

4 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

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What refusal means

The process from here

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

About lawful development applications

How this application type works

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

More on lawful development applications in our guide

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