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Lower Leaze 3 Broadleaze Chedington DT8 3JA

Refused Dorset P/CLE/2025/06320 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

Non-conformity with condition 04 of planning permission 117883 (development of land by the erection of 3 agricultural workers bungalows – Outline) and condition 01 of planning permission 118458 (development of land by the erection of 3 agricultural workers bungalows – Reserved Matters). Lower Leaze has been occupied in excess of 10 years by someone not employed or last employed in agriculture.

As published by the council, reference P/CLE/2025/06320

Application record

Reference
P/CLE/2025/06320
Type
Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
Status
Application Refused
Decision
Refused
Received
23 Oct 2025
Validated
23 Oct 2025
Decided
23 Mar 2026
Ward
Beaminster Ward
Parish
Chedington
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
DT8 3JA

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 23 Oct 2025

    Received by Dorset

  2. 23 Mar 2026

    Decision issued: Refused

  3. 26 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

7 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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