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The Dolls House, West Lulworth

6/2005/0496Change Of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 22 June 2005

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from museum to retail

Submitted
23 May 2005
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Purbeck Ward
  1. Received23 May
  2. Validated23 May
  3. Consult.24 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Jun

Decided in 30 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Dolls House, West Lulworth. Dorset has handled 1,397 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 12 days quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the West Lulworth conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across West Purbeck Ward.

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

Application type
Change Of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Lulworth
District
Purbeck

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 May 2005
Consultation expiry
24 June 2005
Consultation end
24 June 2005

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Next to the site
  • Conservation area: West Lulworth Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Doll'S HouseOn this site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
  • Heritage coast: Purbeck

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, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves 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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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2005
    7 Jul

    Change of use from museum to A1 retail (Revised information)

    RefusedChange Of Use6/2005/0635

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