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Rowan Cottage, 4 Prince Of Wales Road, Dorchester, DT1 1PW

1/E/03/001913Change Of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 1 December 2003

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of flat No.1 from a dwelling to an office

Submitted
8 October 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received8 Oct
  2. Validated8 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Dec

Decided in 54 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at ROWAN COTTAGE, 4 PRINCE OF WALES ROAD, DORCHESTER, DT1 1PW. Dorset has handled 1,397 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 12 days longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Dorchester conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,737 applications in total for the DT1 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
DT1 1PW
Application type
Change Of Use
Scale / size
Small
District
West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 October 2003

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Dorchester Conservation Area 1Part of the site · +2 more
  • Article 4 direction: Dorchester Conservation AreaPart of the 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, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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