Planning application
Higher Drove Farm Higher Drove Chilfrome DT2 0HU
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) to establish that a material start has been made on the rural worker’s dwelling permitted under outline consent ref. WD/D/14/000981 and reserved matters ref. WD/D/17/001623
As published by the council, reference P/CLE/2026/03342
Application record
- Reference
- P/CLE/2026/03342
- Type
- Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
- Status
- Application Approved
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 22 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 22 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 22 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Eggardon Ward
- Parish
- Chilfrome
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DT2 0HU
Site history
Applications at this address on the Dorset register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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P/VOC/2026/04033 Awaiting decision
Higher Drove Farm Higher Drove Chilfrome DT2 0HU
Variation of conditions 2 (materials) and 4 (soft landscaping) of reserved matters consent ref. WD/D.17/001623 ('Reserved Matters Application for matters - Layout, Scale & Appearance of the building, Access & Landscaping of Application WD/D/14/000981')
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Jun 2026
Received by Dorset
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22 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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31 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Dorset granted permission on 22 July 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. 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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Higher Drove Farm Higher Drove Chilfrome DT2 0HU
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Variation of conditions 2 (materials) and 4 (soft landscaping) of reserved matters consent ref. WD/D.17/001623 ('Reserved Matters Application for matters - Layout, Scale & Appearance of the building, Access & Landscaping of Application WD/D/14/000981')
Awaiting decision Amendments 3 docs
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