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The Woodroffe School, Uplyme Road, Lyme Regis, Dorset, DT7 3LX

1/D/11/000385_1Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 14 April 2011

Council decision: Temporary Grant

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

Proposal

Retention of double temporary classrooms. Previous reference 1/W/2005/1086

Submitted
7 March 2011
  1. Received7 Mar
  2. Validated7 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Apr

Decided in 38 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Woodroffe School, Uplyme Road, Lyme Regis, Dorset, DT7 3LX. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 4 days quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 13 other applications at this address. We hold 746 applications in total for the DT7 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
DT7 3LX
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
District
County

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 March 2011

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2011
    7 Mar

    Retention of double temporary classrooms. Previous reference 1/W/2005/1086

    This applicationTemporary GrantFull1/D/11/000385_1
  2. 2005
    2 Jun

    Demolish 2 temporary classrooms and erect 2 double temporary classrooms. File held at DHC

    Temporary GrantFull Planning ApplicationPart of1/W/2005/1086

Planning history at this site

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2017
    19 Jan

    Erect a modular classroom.

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationWD/D/17/000268_1
  2. 2016
    5 Apr

    Demolish existing temporary classroom and replace with new double modular building.

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationWD/D/16/000833_1
  3. 2015
    27 Apr

    Erection of new double classroom.

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationWD/D/15/000930_1
  4. 2015
    8 Jan

    Retention of double temporary classroom. Previous ref: 1/D/11/000029

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationWD/D/15/000018_1
  5. 2012
    9 May

    Replacement of two sectional classrooms

    ApprovedFull Planning Application1/D/12/000721_1
  6. 2011
    4 Jan

    Retention of double temporary classroom - Retrospective Previous reference 1/W/2007/0824

    Temporary GrantFull Planning Application1/D/11/000029_1

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