Planning Application

What this application is

A Certificate of Lawfulness is decided on facts and law rather than the merits of the development. The applicant needs to demonstrate that the use or works are already permitted — commonly by showing that a previous permission was implemented in time, or that the proposal falls within permitted development rights for a property of this type in Bromsgrove and Redditch.

This is not a planning application in the usual sense — it is a request for the council to certify that an existing use, or a proposed change, is lawful and does not need planning permission. Common examples are confirming that a permission was implemented in time, or that a proposal falls under permitted development.

The applicant's own description is: The application is for the whole sites use class to be updated from Class C3 to Class C3b to be able to utilise the existing buildings on site to become a small-scale specialist care facility to provide care for adults…. The application was received by Bromsgrove District and Redditch Borough Council on 21 November 2025 and is currently marked pending consideration on the council register — see what that status means.

If you want to respond

Certificates are decided on evidence and law only. Objections based on the merits of the development itself are not considered — only whether the use or works are, as a matter of fact, lawful.

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