P/CLP/2025/05796

1. 30 Sep 2025

   Received by Dorset

2. 7 Nov 2025

   Decision issued: Granted

3. 26 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

More on lawful development applications in our guide

• P/LBC/2025/07578 Granted

  Flat 3 Brecon House Long Street Sherborne DT9 3BY

  Install replacement boiler and flue.

  22 Dec 2025 13m away Heritage and listed buildings
• P/LBC/2023/00758 Granted

  Flat 1, Brecon House Long Street Sherborne Dorset DT9 3BY

  to remove existing boiler and install new, requiring an alteration to the flue installation.

  8 Feb 2023 16m away Heritage and listed buildings
• P/FUL/2026/02936 Awaiting decision

  Eastbury Hotel Long Street Sherborne DT9 3BY

  Erect single storey side extension. Alterations to façade to create new shopfront.

  3 Jun 2026 85m away Full applications
• P/LBC/2026/02935 Awaiting decision

  Eastbury Hotel Long Street Sherborne DT9 3BY

  Erect single storey extension and carry out external and internal alterations and formation of bakery, including demolition of existing lean-to. Alterations to façade to create new shopfront.

  3 Jun 2026 85m away Heritage and listed buildings
• P/TRT/2025/06721 Decided

  St Swithins Close Sherborne Sherborne DT9 3DW

  T1 Lime - Reduce height 3m, shorten radius 1m & crown lift to 4m T2 Lime - Reduce height 2m, shorten radius 1m & crown lift 4m

  13 Nov 2025 133m away Trees
• P/TRC/2025/06721 Decided

  St Swithins Close Sherborne Sherborne DT9 3DW

  T1 Lime - Reduce height 3m, shorten radius 1m & crown lift to 4m T2 Lime - Reduce height 2m, shorten radius 1m & crown lift 4m

  13 Nov 2025 133m away Trees

• P/CLE/2026/04101 Awaiting decision

  Marblers Bungalow Access Road From B3069 To Priests Way Langton Matravers BH19 3JS

  Certificate of Lawful Existing Development to formally confirm that planning permission 6/2013/0399 was lawfully commenced within the prescribed three-year period and therefore remains valid

  28 Jul 2026 Lawful development
• P/CLE/2026/04064 Awaiting decision

  Underwood Home Farm Lane Tarrant Gunville DT11 8JW

  Certificate of Lawfulness to continue using the property as a C3 dwellinghouse without the agricultural occupancy restriction. Planning permission has been granted by reference numbers 431769/M and 0/A431295/M - Develop land by erection of agricultural dwelling and garage. Within 431769/M - condition 1 and 0/A431295/M - condition 2, they both impose an agricultural occupancy condition. The applicants are the occupants of Underwood, and have been in breach of these occupancy conditions for in excess of 10 years, and a Certificate of Lawful Existing Use or Development is now sought.

  27 Jul 2026 Lawful development
• P/CLP/2026/04022 Awaiting decision

  7 Sandford Terrace Sandford BH20 7AG

  Certificate of lawfulness Proposed: Demolition of the existing rear conservatory and reconstruction using a timber framed construction, adjustments to the roof structure to allow for the formation of a rear facing dormer

  27 Jul 2026 Lawful development
• P/CLP/2026/03179 Granted

  1 Kingsbere Road Weymouth DT3 6JS

  The proposal includes the carrying out of building operations comprising domestic alterations and extensions to the existing dwellinghouse. The works include the demolition of the existing garage, construction of a single-storey rear extension, construction of a single-storey side store/side extension, associated alterations to existing external openings, installation of rooflights, and associated external works within the residential curtilage. The existing driveway/access from Kingsbere Road is to remain as existing, with no new vehicular access proposed. Associated hardstanding/paved areas are shown on the submitted proposed site and floor plans. Surface water drainage from the proposed works is to be dealt with within the site, either via connection to the existing surface water drainage system or by a suitable soakaway/infiltration arrangement, subject to detailed design and Building Regulations requirements. The precise siting, layout and extent of the proposed works are shown on the submitted drawings, including the proposed site plan, proposed ground floor plan, proposed roof plan and proposed elevations.

  11 Jun 2026 Lawful development
• P/CLP/2026/04052 Awaiting decision

  New Forest Kennels & Cattery 94 Wayside Road St Leonards And St Ives Ringwood BH24 2SL

  The erection of a 2m high means of enclosure.

  27 Jul 2026 Lawful development