13 Bell Street Shaftesbury Dorset SP7 8AR
Proposal
Change of use from Class A1 to Arts Centre, form new openings, widen existing doorway and carry out associated internal works.
- Received
- 11 January 2012
- Decided
- 27 February 2012 · Granted
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Shaftesbury Central Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted11 Jan
- ValidatedValidated11 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided27 Feb
Decided in 47 days (council typically 42)
This is a heritage application for a change of use at 13 Bell Street Shaftesbury Dorset SP7 8AR. Dorset has handled 3,051 applications of this type and approves 92% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Dorset's median. The site is in the Shaftesbury conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 1,966 applications in total for the SP7 postcode area.
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Associated applications
- 201211 Jan
Change of use from Class A1 to Arts Centre.
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationFiled alongside2/2012/0013/PLNG - 201211 Jan
Change of use from Class A1 to Arts Centre, form new openings, widen existing doorway and carry out…
This applicationApprovedHeritage2/2012/0014/PLNG - 20124 Jan
Form internal openings, widen existing doorway and carry out associated internal works.
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside2/2012/0012/PLNG
Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20093 Jun
Erect 2 No externally illuminated vertical banners over entrance.
ApprovedAdvertisement consent2/2009/0479/PLNG - 20093 Jun
Erect 2 No externally illuminated vertical banners over entrance.
ApprovedListed building consent2/2009/0480/PLNG - 20099 Mar
Erect vertical banner over entrance
WithdrawnListed building consent2/2009/0178/PLNG - 20099 Mar
Erect vertical banner over entrance
WithdrawnAdvertisement consent2/2009/0180/PLNG
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Shaftesbury Conservation Area 1
- Listed building: Grade II: Entrance to Oldmarket Playhouse and Arts CentreOn or next to this site · +2 more
- 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, 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, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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.
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