Southbank Farm Higher Blandford Road Cann SP7 0EE Data via plota.co.uk

P/CLE/2026/03617 - Certificate of Lawful Use Existing Refused

Proposal

Use of existing dwelling without compliance with condition 1 of planning permission (i.e. without compliance with agricultural occupation limitation) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓

Received

2 Jul 2026

✗

Refused

27 Aug 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 27 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 2 Sept 2026

Documents 6

Associated applications 2

Part of

Lawfulness7 Mar 2023council archive
- LawfulnessUse of existing dwelling without compliance with condition 1 (i.e. without compliance…RefusedThis application2 Jul 2026P/CLE/2026/03617

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 2

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). 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) agrees.

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.

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

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

National landscape 23 m away: Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs

Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.

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.

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 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: SP7 0EE
Received: 2 Jul 2026
Validated: 2 Jul 2026
Ward: Beacon Ward
Parish: Cann
Case officer: Show
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 27 Aug 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 25 Aug 2026

Historical activity at this location

3 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2020 Refused

Develop land by the demolition of existing agricultural buildings and dwellings. Erect 30…

2/2020/1144/OUT 7 Oct 2021

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved

Ponsonby Farm Higher Blandford Road Cann SP7 0EE

Demolish part of agricultural building, replace with new extended agricultural building.

P/PABA/2025/01876 10 Apr 2025

2020 Refused

Southbank Farm Higher Blandford Road Cann Dorset SP7 0EE

Change of use and conversion of agricultural buildings into 5 No. dwellings (Class C3).

P/PAAC/2020/00343 15 Jan 2021

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