"refuse the application" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
You can use it when describing a situation where someone has been denied permission or approval for something they requested. For example: "The committee ultimately decided to refuse the application for a new neighborhood park due to budget constraints." "The school district was forced to refuse the application for additional funding from the state government." "The company's strict hiring criteria led them to refuse the application of the qualified candidate."
But councillors Cathy Pearcy and Adrian Robson agreed with the reasons to refuse the application.
Green campaigners were pleased after the recommendation to refuse the application was granted.
#LancsDevCC has voted to refuse the application to hydraulically frack and test for shale gas at Roseacre Wood because of impact on traffic.
Such applications must be compliant with the London Plan, and London's mayor has the power to tell the borough to refuse the application or else take over its determination.
I thoroughly agree with Commissioner Burritt, and if I could see how a denial of the present petition would work to this end, I would vote to refuse the application; but will such denial produce the desired results?
Mistakes were common (in a sample of 169 new bank account refusals, 17 applicants (10%) should not have been listed as disqualified), yet Home Office guidance told banks that, even if a customer could provide supporting evidence, "the default position should be to refuse the application" anyway.
Speaking on behalf of the council to the inquiry – which is being held at Blackpool football club – Alan Evans said the decision to refuse the applications were examples of local democracy in action, but added that "the county council will nevertheless now rely on appropriate professional evidence to support the position taken by members".
Mr Harper added: "I appreciate the decision to refuse the applications is disappointing particularly as the event has been endorsed by the Welsh government".
But the district judge refused the application, saying the 96 hours had expired months before.
On 12 March 2013, Camden council refused the application to redevelop the Golden Lion.
The three-judge court refused the application, on the ground that rule 14 had not been complied with.
