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DC/26/0261/CLP

Beaver 84 Lmited Thingoe Hill Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP32 6BE

Refused West Suffolk Certificate of Lawful Proposed Use/Dev

Proposal

Application for lawful development certificate for proposed use or development - following use is lawful use as a depot for the sale and hire of non-mechanical building equipment and materials including as a timber merchant (subject to the conditions attached to planning permission under reference E/96/1865/P, save for condition number 4, and also subject to new condition (1) under planning permission E/98/2747/P (granted on appeal under reference T/APP/E3525/A/99/1015999/P5))

As published by the council, reference DC/26/0261/CLP

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 16 Feb 2026

    Received by West Suffolk

  2. 13 Apr 2026

    Decision issued: Refuse application

  3. 24 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

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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