Golden Cap Holiday Park, Golden Cap Caravan Park, Seatown, Bridport, DT6 6JX
Approved on 30 April 2012
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for existing use of the land for agriculture and seasonal summer camping for up to 46 nights each year, commencing with arrivals of customers on the Friday between 15th and 22nd July inclusive and ending with the customers departing on the first Tuesday following the August Bank Holiday Monday.
- Submitted
- 29 February 2012
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Chideock and Symondsbury Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted29 Feb
- ValidatedValidated29 Feb
- Consult.Consultation14 Apr
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided30 Apr
Decided in 61 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at GOLDEN CAP HOLIDAY PARK, GOLDEN CAP CARAVAN PARK, SEATOWN, BRIDPORT, DT6 6JX. Dorset has handled 1,397 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 3 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,726 applications in total for the DT6 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
- DT6 6JX
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Chideock
- District
- West Dorset
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 February 2012
- Consultation expiry
- 14 April 2012
- Consultation end
- 14 April 2012
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Article 4 direction: Bridport to LymeRegis 1+1 more
- National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
- Heritage coast: West 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 (20)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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 and brownfield registers.
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Associated applications
- 202523 May
Retained use of a Toilet Block to support the camping use associated with application 1/D/12/000330
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationRelatedP/FUL/2025/02545 - 201229 Feb
Certificate of lawfulness for existing use of the land for agriculture and seasonal summer camping for up to…
This applicationApprovedAmendment1/D/12/000330
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201526 Oct
Rear extension & alterations the existing shop. Removal of internal wall to replace with lintol. Removal of…
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationWD/D/15/002377 - 20159 Oct
Demolish and replace existing washrooms
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationWD/D/15/002187 - 201410 Feb
Amendment to planning permission reference 1/D/12/000410
ApprovedNon-material amendmentWD/D/14/000362
Source: Dorset
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