Old Post Office, Winterbourne Abbas, Dorchester, DT2 9LU

1/D/08/000067Full Planning ApplicationWithdrawn

Full

Withdrawn on 29 February 2008

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Erect two storey house with integral double garage and workshop

Submitted: 28 January 2008
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Dorset Council
Ward: Winterbourne St Martin Ward

ReceivedSubmitted28 Jan
ValidatedValidated28 Jan
Consult.Consultation1 Mar
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided29 Feb

Decided in 32 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at OLD POST OFFICE, WINTERBOURNE ABBAS, DORCHESTER, DT2 9LU. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 32 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Winterbourne Abbas conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,420 applications in total for the DT2 postcode area.

92% of full applications at Dorset Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: DT2 9LU
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Winterbourne Abbas
District: West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 January 2008
Consultation expiry: 1 March 2008
Consultation end: 1 March 2008

Additional information

Documents: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Conservation area: Winterbourne Abbas Conservation Area
Listed building: Grade II: The Post OfficeOn or next to this site
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
National Landscape (AONB): Dorset

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Source: Dorset

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