Land adjacent Focus Do it All, Great Western Industrial Estate, DORCHESTER, DT1 1RZ

1/E/02/001973Full Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 15 January 2003

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolish existing storage building & erect light industrial building Use Class B8 (Storage or Distribution) together with additional parking facilities

Submitted: 28 November 2002
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Dorset Council

ReceivedSubmitted28 Nov
ValidatedValidated28 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided15 Jan

Decided in 48 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land adjacent Focus Do it All, Great Western Industrial Estate, DORCHESTER, DT1 1RZ. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 6 days longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Dorchester conservation area, with 1 listed building 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 1RZ
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
District: West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 November 2002

Additional information

Documents: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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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Source: Dorset

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