Planning application
23 Abbotsbury Road Weymouth DT4 0AD
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
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22 Jul 2026
Received by Dorset
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31 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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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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Open the documentsWhat 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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