Wessex Royale Hotel ( Formerly Down To Earth), Princes Street, DORCHESTER
Approved on 22 July 2002
Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee
Proposal
Alter existing access & archway & reinstate access to disabled car parking area
- Submitted
- 12 April 2002
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Dorchester North Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted12 Apr
- ValidatedValidated12 Apr
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided22 Jul
Decided in 101 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Wessex Royale Hotel ( Formerly Down To Earth), Princes Street, DORCHESTER. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 8 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Dorchester conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.
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
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Dorchester
- District
- West Dorset
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 April 2002
- Committee meeting
- 6 June 2002
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Dorchester Conservation Area 1
- 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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Dorset
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