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5 Cheap Street Sherborne DT9 3PT

Refused Dorset P/CLE/2025/06126 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 continue using the property solely as a dwelling as it has been used since 2008

As published by the council, reference P/CLE/2025/06126

Application record

Reference
P/CLE/2025/06126
Type
Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
Status
Application Refused
Decision
Refused
Received
31 Oct 2025
Validated
31 Oct 2025
Decided
23 Dec 2025
Ward
Sherborne East Ward
Parish
Sherborne
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
DT9 3PT

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 31 Oct 2025

    Received by Dorset

  2. 23 Dec 2025

    Decision issued: Refused

  3. 26 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

8 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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