Planning application
5A Blackwater Drive Poole BH21 3BH
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate existing to confirm use of the land as residential curtilage as approved by application APP/20/00618/F,subsequently amended by application APP/21/01456/F and that works have commencement and permissions remain extant.
As published by the council, reference P/26/00531/CLE
Application record
- Reference
- P/26/00531/CLE
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use or development
- Status
- Application Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: Lawful
- Received
- 9 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 9 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 17 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Bearwood & Merley
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BH21 3BH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Feb 2026
Received by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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17 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Lawful
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12 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole granted permission on 17 April 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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