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232 Wimborne Road West Ferndown Dorset BH21 2DY

Awaiting decision Dorset P/CLE/2026/01809 Certificate of Lawful Use Existing

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

  1. 31 Mar 2026

    Received by Dorset

  2. 31 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 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.

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What 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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