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Hawk Place Plum Pudding Island Birchington Kent CT7 9QS

Refused Thanet CU/TH/26/0022 Certificate of Lawful Devpt - Existing

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

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an existing dwellinghouse without conditions imposed by Planning Permission F/TH/98/0484, on the grounds that the building operations to erect the dwelling were substantially completed more than four years before the date of this application and are now immune from enforcement under section 171B(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

As published by the council, reference CU/TH/26/0022

Application record

Reference
CU/TH/26/0022
Type
Certificate of Lawful Devpt - Existing
Status
Decided
Decision
Refuse Certificate
Received
9 Jan 2026
Validated
15 Jan 2026
Decided
13 Mar 2026
Ward
Birchington North
Parish
Birchington Parish Council
Decision by
Delegated Planning Officer
Postcode
CT7 9QS

Site history

Applications at this address on the Thanet register

This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 1 refused.

  • CU/TH/26/0318 Granted

    Hawk Place Plum Pudding Island Birchington Kent CT7 9QS

    Application for a Certificate of Lawful Development for an existing dwellinghouse without conditions imposed by Planning Permission F/TH/98/0484, on the grounds that the building operations to erect the dwelling were substantially completed more than four years before the date of this application and are now immune from enforcement under section 171B(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

    Decided 20 May 2026 Lawful development

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 9 Jan 2026

    Received by Thanet

  2. 15 Jan 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 13 Mar 2026

    Decision issued: Refuse Certificate

  4. 11 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

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Documents

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5 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Thanet 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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  • Hawk Place Plum Pudding Island Birchington Kent CT7 9QS

    CU/TH/26/0318 Submitted 27 Mar 2026 0m away

    Application for a Certificate of Lawful Development for an existing dwellinghouse without conditions imposed by Planning Permission F/TH/98/0484, on the grounds that the building operations to erect the dwelling were substantially completed more than four years before the date of this application and are now immune from enforcement under section 171B(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

    Granted Lawful development 7 docs
    Domestic

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