Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

3 Hutchins Lane Wareham BH20 4FF

Refused Dorset P/CLP/2026/00697 Certificate of Lawful Use Proposed

Works: Windows or glazing

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

To convert single garage to provide a dry household store and library including two roof windows on rear elevation and to change garage door to a sliding folding doorset.

As published by the council, reference P/CLP/2026/00697

Application record

Reference
P/CLP/2026/00697
Type
Certificate of Lawful Use Proposed
Status
Application Refused
Decision
Refused
Received
6 Feb 2026
Validated
6 Feb 2026
Decided
22 Apr 2026
Ward
Wareham Ward
Parish
Wareham Town
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
BH20 4FF

Site history

Applications at this address on the Dorset register

This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 1 refused.

  • 3 Hutchins Lane Wareham BH20 4FF

    Convert single garage to garden and household store / library. Install roof lights & bifold door

    Decided 22 Jun 2026 Householder

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 6 Feb 2026

    Received by Dorset

  2. 22 Apr 2026

    Decision issued: Refused

  3. 11 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

6 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.

Open the documents

What this refusal means

Dorset refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. 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.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • 3 Hutchins Lane Wareham BH20 4FF

    P/HOU/2026/02346 Submitted 29 Apr 2026 50 yards away

    Convert single garage to garden and household store / library. Install roof lights & bifold door

    Granted Householder Loft or dormer Windows or glazing 7 docs
    Domestic
  • 26 Baggs Lane Wareham BH20 4FJ

    P/CLP/2022/07398 Submitted 2 Feb 2023 50 yards away

    Conversion of an existing garage to be used as a habitable space planned to be used as a family playroom.

    Granted Lawful development 8 docs
  • Chaldon Lodge 2 Worgret Gardens Wareham BH20 4FD

    P/TRT/2024/05663 Submitted 10 Oct 2024 250 yards away

    Norway Maple - Remove three lower branches on the north side of the tree (2 larger and 1 smaller). Two of the branches marked with red crosses on photograph 1 are to be removed back to their source branch. The third branch will be removed back to the yellow line marked on photograph 2.

    Granted Trees 7 docs
  • 7 Shirley Road Wareham BH20 4QE

    P/TRT/2023/00309 Submitted 26 Jan 2023 0.3 miles away

    T1 Eucalyptus - Re-pollard to previous pollarding points - approximately 10m high at present, pollard to approximately 5m (approved previously in consent TWA/2016/0048). T2 Walnut - Overall crown reduction by approximately 2m - current height is approximately 11m. T3 Bay - Crown reduction down to 2.5m (just above height of fence line).

    Split decision Trees 3 docs
    Small domestic
  • 28 Stowell Crescent Wareham BH20 4PZ

    P/TRT/2026/02316 Submitted 28 Apr 2026 0.3 miles away

    T2 Cypress - Reduce lateral branches overhanging 26 Stowell Crescent back by up to 1 metre. T5 Cypress - Reduce lateral branches overhanging 26 Stowell Crescent back by up to 1 metre. T6 Cypress - Reduce height by up to 2 metres (amended description of works). - Reduce lateral branches overhanging 26 Stowell Crescent back by up to 1 metre.

    Granted Trees 4 docs
  • 28 Stowell Crescent Wareham BH20 4PZ

    P/TRT/2026/05203 Submitted 30 Sep 2026 0.3 miles away

    95% historically approved · decision due ~25 Nov

    Rear garden - Tree 1 Monterey Cypress, Tree 2 Golden Monterey Cypress, Tree 4 Cedar, Tree 5 Hawthorn, Tree 6 Cypress, Tree 11 Unknown species, Tree 12 Unknown species & Tree 13 Unknown species: Prune back lateral branches growing inwards towards the central part of the garden of 28 Stowell Crescent and the bungalow by up to 1 metre. Reduce height by up to 2 metres. Tree 3 Scots Pine: Prune back lateral branches growing inwards towards the central part of the garden of 28 Stowell Crescent and the bungalow by up to 2 metres. Reduce height by up to 2 metres. Tree 7 Lawson Cypress: Prune back lateral branches growing inwards towards the central part of the garden of 28 Stowell Crescent and the bungalow by up to 2 metres. Prune back lateral branches that overhang garden to rear, 8 Frome Road, by 2 metres. Reduce height by up to 2 metres. Tree 8 Lawson Cypress - Fell. Tree 9 Conifer & Tree 10 Conifer: Prune back lateral branches growing inwards towards the central part of the garden of 28 Stowell Crescent and the bungalow by up to 1 metre. Prune back lateral branches that overhang garden to rear, 8 Frome Road, by 1 metre. Reduce height by up to 2 metres. Front garden - Tree 14 Cypress, Tree 15 Cypress & Tree 16 Hawthorn: Reduce all lateral branches by up to 1 metre. Reduce height by up to 2 metres.

    Awaiting decision Trees 3 docs

In Dorset

  • 20 Stowell Crescent Wareham BH20 4PY

    Addition of solar panels to garage roof considered to be lawful development and requiring a Lawful Development Certificate

    Received 4 Aug, published by the council 11 Aug 2026 Lawful development
  • P/CLP/2026/05491 Awaiting decision

    3 Briar Way Canford Bottom BH21 2LB

    Certificate of Lawfulness : Conversion of existing roof psace to form first floor accommodation, installation of new rooflights and alterations to exisiting external door openings

    Received 5 Oct, published by the council 8 Oct 2026 Lawful development
  • Bell Farm Smishops Lane Loders DT6 3SA

    Certificate of Lawful Proposed Development for single-storey rear extension to an existing detached dwelling

    Received 24 Aug, published by the council 28 Aug 2026 Lawful development
  • 9 Queens Walk Charmouth DT6 6AB

    Proposal for a change of use to short term holiday let

    Received 25 Sep, published by the council 2 Oct 2026 Lawful development
  • P/CLE/2026/05517 Awaiting decision

    West Hill House Brister End Yetminster DT9 6NH

    Certificate of lawfulness for occupation of the residential property without compliance with an agricultural occupancy condition

    Received 2 Oct, published by the council 8 Oct 2026 Lawful development