Dorset
Dorset/P/CLP/2026/00794
Portland Substation Victoria Square Chiswell Portland DT5 1AL
- Reference
- Dorset/P/CLP/2026/00794
- Authority
- Dorset
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawful Use Proposed
- Address
- Portland Substation Victoria Square Chiswell Portland DT5 1AL
- Postcode
- DT5 1AL
- Status
- Application Withdrawn
- Decision
- Withdrawn
- Received
- 10 Feb 2026
- Started
- 10 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 17 Mar 2026
- Source council
- Dorset
- Council source record
- View public record
- Public data licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Record updated
- 14 Jul 2026
- SEO index generated
- 24 Jul 2026
Location
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Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness to install a new 11kV switch room building at the existing Portland substation site. The building will be located to the west of the existing substation within land owned by SSEN, adjacent to existing transformers. It is required to support installation of new Quantum 13CB 11kV switchboard Additional works, include a slight extension of the site to the west and installation of 2.4m high fence with razor wire surrounding the proposed site expansion area (located within SSENs ownership and considered operational extent)
Key dates
- Received 10 Feb 2026
- Started 10 Feb 2026
- Decided 17 Mar 2026
Planning history / related applications
No related planning applications have been identified in the current public OGL dataset.
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