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55 Chatsworth Road Torquay TQ1 3BJ

Refused Torbay P/2024/0615 Cert. of Lawfulness - Existing

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

Proposal

Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness of the existing use of 55 Chatsworth Road as a four bedroom house (use Class C3) arranged over ground floor and first floor and use of basement as two bedroom residential flat (Use class C3).

As published by the council, reference P/2024/0615

Application record

Reference
P/2024/0615
Type
Cert. of Lawfulness - Existing
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused As published: Refusal
Received
6 Sep 2024
Validated
26 Sep 2024
Decided
5 Dec 2024
Ward
Ellacombe
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
TQ1 3BJ

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 6 Sep 2024

    Received by Torbay

  2. 26 Sep 2024

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 5 Dec 2024

    Decision issued: Refusal

  4. 16 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • Appeal: AP/2025/0010 (Appeal Allowed)

Documents

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

7 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Torbay 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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