Planning application
232 Wimborne Road West Ferndown Dorset BH21 2DY
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Use of land for retail purposes
As published by the council, reference P/CLE/2026/01809
Application record
- Reference
- P/CLE/2026/01809
- Type
- Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
- Status
- Under Officer Consideration
- Received
- 31 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 31 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Ferndown North Ward
- Parish
- Ferndown Town
- Postcode
- BH21 2DY
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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31 Mar 2026
Received by Dorset
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31 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 26 May 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Dorset took a median of 38 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 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 happens while it is decided
This application is with Dorset for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Dorset decided lawful development applications in a median of 49 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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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