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Cambridge Cottage, The Square, Broadwindsor, Beaminster, DT8 3QD

1/W/07/001124Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 7 November 2007

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Convert barn into dwelling

Submitted
26 June 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Broadwindsor Ward
  1. Received26 Jun
  2. Validated26 Jun
  3. Consult.28 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Nov

Decided in 134 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at CAMBRIDGE COTTAGE, THE SQUARE, BROADWINDSOR, BEAMINSTER, DT8 3QD. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 134 days, 13 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Broadwindsor conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 601 applications in total for the DT8 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
DT8 3QD
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Broadwindsor
District
West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 June 2007
Consultation expiry
28 July 2007
Consultation end
28 July 2007

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Broadwindsor Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: Cambridge Cottage Cambridge HouseOn this site · +1 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Axe SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
  • 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 (19)

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, 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.

  1. 2008
    1 Aug

    Convert barn to dwelling (revised application)

    ApprovedFull Planning Application1/D/08/001503

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