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Selfstor Ltd Yard Two Burrows Farm Brentwood Road Bulphan Essex RM14 3TL

Refused Thurrock 22/01720/CLEUD Certificate Lawful Exisiting Use Devel't

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

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for continued B8 (storage and distribution) use of existing yard.

As published by the council, reference 22/01720/CLEUD

Application record

Reference
22/01720/CLEUD
Type
Certificate Lawful Exisiting Use Devel't
Status
Refused
Decision
Permission Refused
Received
23 Dec 2022
Validated
23 Dec 2022
Decided
14 Feb 2023
Ward
OLD Orsett
Decision by
Chief Planning Officer Decision
Postcode
RM14 3TL

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 23 Dec 2022

    Received by Thurrock

  2. 14 Feb 2023

    Decision issued: Permission Refused

  3. 19 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Agent on file, an architecture practice registered in Chelmsford

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Documents

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

5 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.

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