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Bown Hill East Melbury Shaftesbury SP7 0DW

Granted Dorset P/CLE/2023/01490 Certificate of Lawful Use Existing

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Certificate of Lawful Existing Use and Development for the use of agricultural land as a garden

As published by the council, reference P/CLE/2023/01490

Application record

Reference
P/CLE/2023/01490
Type
Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
Status
Application Approved
Decision
Granted
Received
13 Mar 2023
Validated
13 Mar 2023
Decided
16 May 2023
Ward
Beacon Ward
Parish
Melbury Abbas
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
SP7 0DW

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 13 Mar 2023

    Received by Dorset

  2. 16 May 2023

    Decision issued: Granted

  3. 15 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

6 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Dorset granted permission on 16 May 2023, 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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