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Heathlands Lower Common Lane Three Legged Cross Wimborne BH21 6RX

P/CLE/2023/00114Certificate of Lawful Use ExistingRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 28 April 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use, as a dwellinghouse

Submitted
11 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Moors and Three Legged Cross Ward
  1. Received11 Jan
  2. Validated11 Jan
  3. Consult.8 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Apr

Decided in 107 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Heathlands Lower Common Lane Three Legged Cross Wimborne BH21 6RX. Dorset has handled 1,397 applications of this type. This one was decided in 107 days, 9 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across West Moors and Three Legged Cross Ward. We hold 2,300 applications in total for the BH21 postcode area.

76% of amendment applications at Dorset Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BH21 6RX
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Verwood

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 January 2023
Consultation expiry
8 February 2023
Consultation end
8 February 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Suite 191 16 City Business Centre Hyde Street Winchester SO23 7TA

Appeal

Appeal type
Local Inquiry
Appeal date
10 February 2023
Appeal result
Withdrawn
Appeal decision date
8 January 2024

Appeal history

3321316
Dismissed
Type: Lawful Development CertificateProcedure: InquiryDecision: 15 February 2024Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Land at Lower Common
  • Green belt: Dorset

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Dorset

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