Planning application
Bute House Long Street Sherborne DT9 3BY
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness for the use of 1, 2 & 3 Bute House as a single dwellinghouse
As published by the council, reference P/CLP/2025/05796
Application record
- Reference
- P/CLP/2025/05796
- Type
- Certificate of Lawful Use Proposed
- Status
- Application Approved
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 30 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 30 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 7 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Sherborne East Ward
- Parish
- Sherborne
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DT9 3BY
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Sep 2025
Received by Dorset
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7 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Granted
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Dorset granted permission on 7 November 2025, 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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