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ZD26/00443/CLE - Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) Refused

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for a temporary Campsite for up to 60 days in any calendar year, together with moveable structures reasonably necessary for the purposes of the temporary campsite, in field Barn Closes, St Nicholas Estate, Richmond. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
around 11 Aug 2026
✗
Refused
6 Oct 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 6 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Oct 2026

Site constraints 7

Richmond conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Scheduled monument 85 m away: Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary 75m south west of Sandford House
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden 126 m away: St Nicholas, Richmond; Radon affected area, class 4; 2 listed buildings within 150 m.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)
Received
around 11 Aug 2026
Validated
11 Aug 2026
Ward
Richmond
Parish
Richmond Town Council
Case officer
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Target decision
6 Oct 2026
Decision
Application Refused
Decision date
6 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Public comments

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Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
6 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No