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Mappowder Gas Distribution Station Towns Knap To Gas Distribution Centre - Lane Mappowder

P/CLE/2025/02144Certificate of Lawful Use ExistingRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 11 August 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness to carry out remedial works & modifications to upgrade the equipment & construct additional GRP kiosk buildings

Submitted
28 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Blackmore Vale Ward
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Aug

Decided in 105 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Mappowder Gas Distribution Station Towns Knap To Gas Distribution Centre - Lane Mappowder. Dorset has handled 1,397 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 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 Blackmore Vale Ward.

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

Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Mappowder

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Wotton Road Kingsnorth Industrial Estate Ashford Kent TN23 6LL

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Ancient woodland: Cockroad CopsePart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, 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, 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.

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