Unit 79 Condor Close Woolsbridge Industrial Park Three Legged Cross BH21 6SU Data via plota.co.uk

P/CLP/2026/04087 - Certificate of Lawful Use Proposed Approved

Proposal

Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed use to use the site and existing building for class E(d) indoor sport other than by reliance upon planning application Ref. P/FUL/2026/01668 Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 01:58

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Application progress

✓

Received

31 Jul 2026

✓

Approved

24 Sept 2026

Approved on 24 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Documents 10

Associated applications 2

Part of

Full9 Jul 2026P/FUL/2026/01668
Change of Use to E(d) indoor sports facility
- LawfulnessApplication for a Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed use to use the site and existing…This application31 Jul 2026P/CLP/2026/04087

Site constraints 8

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

National infrastructure project 61 m away: Navitus Bay Wind Park

The site is 61 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

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

Special area of conservation 234 m away: Dorset Heaths

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.

Also on the record

SSSI 226 m away: St Leonards and St Ives Heaths SSSI; Inside the Three Legged Cross built-up area; Green belt 45 m away: South West Hampshire; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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 Proposed
Postcode: BH21 6SU
Received: 31 Jul 2026
Validated: 31 Jul 2026
Ward: West Moors and Three Legged Cross Ward
Parish: Verwood
Case officer: Show
Decision: Granted
Decision date: 24 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 81% of changes of use here are.

This one55d

Council56d

UK56d

51%decided within 8 weeks

81%approved

248decided in the last year

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

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

Unit 79 Condor Close Woolsbridge Industrial Park Three Legged Cross BH21 6SU Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 10

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 1

Application forms 1

Other documents 5

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 8

Important details

How this decision compares