Former County Hospital, PRINCES STREET, DORCHESTER, DT1 1TL

1/E/02/000042_1Full Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 16 April 2002

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Convert former chapel and adjoining accommodation into two self-contained flats (sub-division of a single flat approved under permission reference 1/E/1998/0360)

Submitted: 8 January 2002
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Dorset Council

ReceivedSubmitted8 Jan
ValidatedValidated8 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided16 Apr

Decided in 98 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Former County Hospital, PRINCES STREET, DORCHESTER, DT1 1TL. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 8 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Dorchester conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,737 applications in total for the DT1 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: DT1 1TL
Application type: Full Planning Application
District: West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 January 2002

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: Dorchester Conservation Area 1
Listed building: Grade II: Dorchester County Hospital (Main block only)On or next to this site
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 (20)

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, 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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Source: Dorset

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