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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
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

Documents

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

7 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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