A 'Certificate of Lawful Use' (CLU) is a certificate which deems the use of land lawful.
A land owner can apply to the Development & Planning Authority for a Certificate of Lawful Use (CLU). This is done under the Land Planning and Development (Certificates of Lawful Use) Ordinance, 2019. The application form and the Ordinance, which took effect from 6 May 2019, are available in the downloads section of this page. The application form should be submitted to the Authority along with the particulars specified in the form.
Where a CLU is issued by the Development & Planning Authority, it certifies that on the date of the application, the use(s) described in the CLU in respect of the specified land was deemed lawful under the Land Planning and Development (Guernsey) Law, 2005. The use of land is deemed lawful when the CLU is in force.
The Development & Planning Authority has published 
guidance [717kb] which describes the process for obtaining a CLU in more detail.
Register of Certificates of Lawful Use
- The list below shows the decisions on applications for Certificates of Lawful Use made by the Development & Planning Authority since this point.
- Grant of Application CLU-2020-1540, Opaline, Vale on 05.02.2021 [300kb]
- Grant of Application CLU-2020-0859, The Chalet, St Pierre Du Bois on 28.01.2021 [303kb]
- Refusal of Application CLU-2020-2356, Tydroma, Castel on 28.01.2021 [305kb]
- Grant of Application CLU-2020-0636, Tarnoshe + Land to Rear, Forest on 06.11.2020 [515kb]
- Grant of Application CLU-2019-2289, Land, Les Petites Capelles, St Sampson on 21.09.20 [299kb]
- Grant of Application CLU-2020-0514, St Andrews Court, St Andrews on 03.09.20 [297kb]
- Refusal of Application CLU-2020-0634, Land Adjacent to 1 & 2 La Couture Cottages, St Pierre Du Bois on 24.07.2020 [523kb]
- Grant of Application CLU-2019-1320, La Girouette Country Apartments, St Saviours on 10.07.2020 [517kb]
- Grant of Application CLU-2019-1671, Donegal, St Pierre Du Bois on 21.05.2020 [305kb]
- Grant of Application CLU-2019-1643, Regent House, St. Sampson on 12.05.2020 [303kb]
- Grant of Application CLU-2020-0229, Grow Limited, St Sampson on 28.04.2020 [83kb]
- Grant of Application CLU-2020-0015, Rose Wing Cottage, St Peters on 28.04.2020 [515kb]
- Grant of Application CLU-2019-2496, Bonamy House, St Peter Port on 11.02.2020 [306kb]
- Grant of Application CLU-2019-1104, Stratheden Vinery, Vale on 06.02.2020 [230kb]
- Grant of Application CLU-2019-2005, Beaumont House, St Peter Port on 27.01.2020 [510kb]
- Grant of Application CLU-2019-1252, Benarty, Vale on 24.01.2020 [305kb]
- Refusal of Application CLU-2019-1038, La Hurbede, St Sampson on 23.08.2019 [432kb]
- These decisions are made in accordance with the provisions of section 21 of the Land Planning and Development (Guernsey) Law, 2005 and section 9 of the Land Planning and Development (General Provisions) Ordinance, 2007, as amended by the Land Planning and Development (Certificates of Lawful Use) Ordinance, 2019.
