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Kestrels, Main Road, Alton Pancras, Dorchester, DT2 7RW

1/D/11/000242Certificate of Lawful Use ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 14 April 2011

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for use of dwelling in breach of condition C of planning permission 1/E/75/000430 relating to the occupation of the dwelling

Submitted
21 February 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Piddle Valley Ward
  1. Received21 Feb
  2. Validated21 Feb
  3. Consult.26 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Apr

Decided in 52 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at KESTRELS, MAIN ROAD, ALTON PANCRAS, DORCHESTER, DT2 7RW. Dorset has handled 1,397 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 10 days longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Alton Pancras conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,420 applications in total for the DT2 postcode area.

76% of amendment 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 7RW
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
Parish
Alton Pancras
District
West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 February 2011
Consultation expiry
26 March 2011
Consultation end
26 March 2011

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Alton Pancras Conservation AreaPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Old Post OfficeOn or next to this site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2010
    26 Oct

    Relief of condition C of P.P. 1/E/75/000430

    RefusedVariation of conditions (s73)1/D/10/001762

Source: Dorset

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