Planning application
5 Cheap Street Sherborne DT9 3PT
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
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31 Oct 2025
Received by Dorset
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23 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Refused
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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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Open the documentsWhat 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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