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Knoll Farm Soldiers Road Dorset BH20 5DU

Refused Dorset P/CLE/2022/03948 Certificate of Lawful Use Existing

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for an existing D2 property, a material change of use of land and buildings from agriculture to camping with ancillary music festivals, functions and events.

As published by the council, reference P/CLE/2022/03948

Application record

Reference
P/CLE/2022/03948
Type
Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
Status
Application Refused
Decision
Refused
Received
30 Jun 2022
Validated
30 Jun 2022
Decided
28 Mar 2023
Ward
Wareham Ward
Parish
Arne
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
BH20 5DU

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 30 Jun 2022

    Received by Dorset

  2. 28 Mar 2023

    Decision issued: Refused

  3. 31 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

440 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Dorset refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. 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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