Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Council planning record
London Stores, 5 Water Street, Newcastle Emlyn, SA38 9BH
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London Stores, 5 Water Street, Newcastle Emlyn, SA38 9BH
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Certificate of Lawfulness for the proposed use of the ground floor of the building is for Hope Church. To be used as a place of worship. specifically on Sunday mornings (currently 9am-1pm). During the week and Saturdays, the building will be used for the church's related community activities. Most particularly a children's clothes library, a place where people can borrow new and preloved children's clothes. A free service which works just like a book library (Current opening hours, Monday and Wednesday 9-12, Thursday 2-5, 1st Saturday of the month 10-12). The space will be used for related community activities for example coffee mornings and other church meetings. No works will be carried out at the property, it is an empty room which will need no alterations
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| Refusal of Certificate of Lawfulness for a Proposed Use or developmentDecision | Not published | View |
| Title PlanDrawing | Not published | View |
| Certificate Lawful Development – ProposedApplication Form - web | Not published | View |
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