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What is a certificate of lawfulness?
Hi there, I’m just wondering, what is a certificate of lawfulness? How does it apply and what does it mean? Thank you.
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"A Certificate of Lawfulness is essentially a means of obtaining a decision from the planning authority that a proposed use or works do not require planning permission."
Answered on 31st Jan 2022 - Member since Jan 2022 -
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"This implies that you have adhered to all planning regulations, and if a neighbour lodges a complaint, possessing this documentation means they cannot pursue further action.er"
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"This basically is giving a certificate to prove in future or if yourself wants to construct or alter the property in any way to a said level or width it does not require planning permission as long as it stays within the said dimensions etc on the cert specified"
Answered on 16th Feb 2022 - Member since Sep 2021 -
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"this means that if there wasn't any record of improvements that were made to your property it will come under these teams and policy"
Answered on 19th Feb 2022 - Member since Nov 2019 -
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"A Certificate of Lawfulness is essentially a way of getting a decision from the planning authority for proposed use or works do not require planning permission."
Answered on 23rd Mar 2022 - Member since Mar 2022 -
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