Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an existing use or operation or activity including those in breach of a planning condition
Town and Country Planning Act 1990: Section 191 as amended by section 10 of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991.
Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995
An application for a Lawful Development Certificate form should be used to establish whether:
- an existing use of land, or some operational development, or some activity in breach of a planning condition, is lawful; or
- a proposed use of buildings or other land, or some operations proposed to be carried out in, on, over, or under land, would be lawful
Downloadable documents
- Application form for an existing Lawful Development Certificate (Adobe PDF format, 614kb)
- Guidance notes for an existing Lawful Development Certificate (Adobe PDF format, 40kb)
- Definition of application type for a Lawful Development Certificate (Adobe PDF format, 38kb)
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