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Highwood Lodge Bedmond Road Pimlico Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8SJ

Refused Three Rivers 24/1003/CLED Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Use

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: Use of the existing building as (Use Class C3) dwellinghouse

As published by the council, reference 24/1003/CLED

Application record

Reference
24/1003/CLED
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Use
Status
Decided
Decision
refused
Received
24 Jun 2024
Validated
24 Jun 2024
Decided
9 Oct 2024
Ward
Abbots Langley And Bedmond
Parish
Abbots Langley Parish Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
HP3 8SJ

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 24 Jun 2024

    Received by Three Rivers

  2. 9 Oct 2024

    Decision issued: refused

  3. 4 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

11 documents on file for this application

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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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