Planning application
20 Lennox Street Weymouth DT4 7HE
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Installation of decking within the front and rear garden area of the existing house.
As published by the council, reference P/CLE/2026/01370
Application record
- Reference
- P/CLE/2026/01370
- Type
- Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
- Status
- Application Refused
- Decision
- Refused
- Received
- 30 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 30 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 28 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Melcombe Regis Ward
- Parish
- Weymouth
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DT4 7HE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Mar 2026
Received by Dorset
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28 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Refused
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat refusal means
The process from here
The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.
Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.
About lawful development applications
How this application type works
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.
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