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23 Abbotsbury Road Weymouth DT4 0AD

Granted Dorset P/CLE/2026/03974 Certificate of Lawful Use Existing

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness Existing to use the property as a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO): individual furnished rooms let separately to unrelated occupiers under separate tenancy agreements, with each occupier sharing use of communal kitchens, bathrooms, and living facilities. The property has been mandatorily licensed as an HMO by the local housing authority since at least 2013

As published by the council, reference P/CLE/2026/03974

Application record

Reference
P/CLE/2026/03974
Type
Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
Status
Application Approved
Decision
Granted
Received
22 Jul 2026
Validated
22 Jul 2026
Decided
27 Aug 2026
Ward
Westham Ward
Parish
Weymouth
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
DT4 0AD

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 Jul 2026

    Received by Dorset

  2. 31 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 27 Aug 2026

    Decision issued: Granted

Documents

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

19 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Dorset granted permission on 27 August 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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