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Highgate East Orchard Shaftesbury SP7 0LH

Refused Dorset P/CLE/2025/05892 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 to confirm the existing use of the buildings and land as mixed agricultural and residential (comprising a bungalow, garage, 5 No. agricultural buildings and pastureland extending to approx. 16 acres).

As published by the council, reference P/CLE/2025/05892

Application record

Reference
P/CLE/2025/05892
Type
Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
Status
Application Refused
Decision
Refused
Received
3 Oct 2025
Validated
3 Oct 2025
Decided
12 Nov 2025
Ward
Beacon Ward
Parish
East Orchard
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
SP7 0LH

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Oct 2025

    Received by Dorset

  2. 12 Nov 2025

    Decision issued: Refused

  3. 26 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

16 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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