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Portland Substation Victoria Square Chiswell Portland DT5 1AL

Withdrawn Dorset P/CLP/2026/00794 Certificate of Lawful Use Proposed

Works: Extension Small domestic

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Withdrawn before a decision, so it carries no planning weight. A revised scheme can be submitted at any time.

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness to install a new 11kV switch room building at the existing Portland substation site. The building will be located to the west of the existing substation within land owned by SSEN, adjacent to existing transformers. It is required to support installation of new Quantum 13CB 11kV switchboard Additional works, include a slight extension of the site to the west and installation of 2.4m high fence with razor wire surrounding the proposed site expansion area (located within SSENs ownership and considered operational extent)

As published by the council, reference P/CLP/2026/00794

Application record

Reference
P/CLP/2026/00794
Type
Certificate of Lawful Use Proposed
Status
Application Withdrawn
Decision
Withdrawn
Received
10 Feb 2026
Validated
10 Feb 2026
Decided
17 Mar 2026
Ward
Portland Ward
Parish
Portland
Postcode
DT5 1AL

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 10 Feb 2026

    Received by Dorset

  2. 17 Mar 2026

    Decision issued: Withdrawn

  3. 12 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

6 documents on file for this application

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What withdrawal means

The applicant withdrew this application before Dorset decided it, and is free to submit a revised scheme at any time. 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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