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P/CLE/2026/00722 - Certificate of Lawful Use Existing Approved

Proposal

Use of the building as two self-contained flats Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

3 Mar 2026

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Validated

6 Mar 2026

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Approved

15 Apr 2026

Approved on 15 Apr 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 12 Jul 2026

Documents 49

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show 47kb · 31 Mar 2026 View ↗

Other documents 42

PDF Name hidden Show 477kb · 18 Feb 2026 View ↗

PDF App J H G Signed Tenancy Agreement 030715 - redacted 9308kb · 18 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF App K H Termination Letter - redacted 530kb · 18 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF App L L Signed Tenancy Agreement 010516 - redacted 10984kb · 18 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF App M County Court Weymouth Order For Possession - redacted 545kb · 18 Feb 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 12

Dorset National Landscape

Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.

Rufus Castle to Lulworth Cove across the site

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.

Heritage coast: Purbeck

A defined stretch of undeveloped coastline.

Development inconsistent with keeping the coast undeveloped is resisted.

Special area of conservation 37 m away: Isle of Portland to Studland Cliffs

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Agricultural land, grade 4

Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Public footpath 23 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

SSSI 37 m away: South Dorset Coast SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

World heritage site 44 m away: Dorset and East Devon Coast

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.

Historic England ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Scheduled monument 121 m away: Fishpond at West Ringstead, 590m south of Pit House

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 3; Priority habitat 41 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Dorset
Application type: Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
Postcode: DT2 8NG
Received: 3 Mar 2026
Validated: 6 Mar 2026
Ward: Crossways Ward
Parish: Owermoigne
Case officer: Show
Decision: Granted
Decision date: 15 Apr 2026
Decision level: Delegated

How this decision compares

Decided in 40 days from validation, 16 days faster than Dorset's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 81% of changes of use here are.

This one40d

Council56d

UK56d

51%decided within 8 weeks

81%approved

249decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Dorset in the last twelve months, from validation. Dorset decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 10 Apr 2026

Historical activity at this location

13 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

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Dorset

Planning Authority Score

7.5/10

Good

#44 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Dorset is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #51 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Dorset decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

92%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #80 of 296

95%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #74 of 296

78%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #51 of 296

35%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #102 of 296

81%

Minor dwellings approved

344 decided (1-9 homes)

85%

Major dwellings approved

40 decided (10+ homes)

76%

Change of use approved

85 decided

2,781

Total decisions

233 refused in the year to March 2026

The Creek Fishers Place Ringstead DT2 8NG Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 49

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 2

Plans & drawings 1

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 1

Other documents 42

Site constraints 12

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