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Tanpit Farm Cottage Broad Lane Downholland Ormskirk Lancashire L39 7HS

Refused West Lancashire 2021/0709/LDC Lawful Development Cert. (existing)

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness - To confirm that the existing dwelling can be lawfully occupied in non-compliance with condition 3 attached to application reference 8/83/541 requiring the property to be occupied by a person solely or mainly employed in agriculture.

As published by the council, reference 2021/0709/LDC

Application record

Reference
2021/0709/LDC
Type
Lawful Development Cert. (existing)
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused As published: Cert of Lawfulness (EXISTING) REFUSED
Received
26 May 2021
Validated
26 May 2021
Decided
28 Jul 2021
Ward
Aughton And Downholland
Parish
Downholland
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
L39 7HS

Site history

Applications at this address on the West Lancashire register

This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 1 refused.

  • 2024/0608/FUL Granted

    Tanpit Farm Cottage Broad Lane Downholland Ormskirk Lancashire L39 7HS

    Retrospective application for extensions to Tanpit Farm Cottage.

    Decided 18 Sep 2024 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 26 May 2021

    Received by West Lancashire

  2. 28 Jul 2021

    Decision issued: Cert of Lawfulness (EXISTING) REFUSED

  3. 21 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Emery Planning Partnership Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Macclesfield

Active · incorporated 2002 · Macclesfield

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Documents

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

2 documents on file for this application

  • Officers recommendation report Officer / Committee Report · 28 Jul 2021
  • Dec lawf dev cert (existing) refused Decision Notice · 28 Jul 2021

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What this refusal means

West Lancashire 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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