Dorchester Police Station, Weymouth Avenue, DORCHESTER

1/E/01/000927Advertisement ConsentApproved

Approved on 18 March 2002

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Display signage including flagpole (AMENDED SCHEME)

Submitted: 22 June 2001
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Dorset Council
Ward: Dorchester South Ward

ReceivedSubmitted22 Jun
ValidatedValidated22 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided18 Mar

Decided in 269 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Dorchester Police Station, Weymouth Avenue, DORCHESTER. Dorset has handled 404 applications of this type. This one was decided in 269 days, 32 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Dorchester conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address.

95% of advertising 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

Application type: Advertisement Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Dorchester
District: West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 June 2001

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: Dorchester Conservation Area 10
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
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 (21)

flood storage 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, national parks, National Landscapes, 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.

2001
8 Nov
Erect new 15m monopole with 0.5m dish
ApprovedFull Planning Application1/E/01/001682

Source: Dorset

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