20 Mount Way, Chepstow, NP16 5NF

Installation of a commemorative Twinning Plaque to mark 50 years of Chepstow's twinning with Cormeilles, Normandy, France. The plaque will be installed on the outside wall of the Gatehouse, facing into Cormeilles Square, below the existing plaques 'Place de Cormeilles' and the 40th anniversary plaque

This application is made under Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for a Lawful Development Certificate confirming that the existing use of the annexe at Hawksbill House as an independent, self-contained single private dwellinghouse within Use Class C3 is lawful. The annexe was originally granted planning permission under reference DC/2009/00909, subject to a condition requiring it to remain ancillary to Hawksbill House. The annexe was subsequently extended under planning permission DC/2016/00636. The annexe has, however, been occupied and used as an independent residential dwelling, separate and autonomous from Hawksbill House, since at least November 2013. The independent residential use has continued continuously to the present date. The occupants have maintained the annexe as a separate household and the annexe has functioned independently from the main dwelling.

East Mon are undertaking a refurbishment of No 11 Beaufort Square. The Grade 2 listed property, located in the centre of Chepstow fronting the High Street, has been vacant for 12-18 months. The proposed development will see a material change of use of the first floor from Class A2 (Financial and Professional Services) to Class C3 (Dwellinghouse), to provide a one one-bedroom flat. The proposal is confined to the first floor. No alterations are proposed to the principal external elevations, and the existing windows, shop front and other external architectural features are to be retained unaltered. The first floor is recorded as having been in residential use at an earlier date before its more recent use as an estate agent's office (Class A2).