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8 Coastguard Cottages, Lulworth

6/2008/0429Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 2 October 2008

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Erect summerhouse with new patio and replace existing retaining walls. Refurbish outhouse to form disabled WC.

Submitted
9 June 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Purbeck Ward
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated9 Jun
  3. Consult.3 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 115 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 8 Coastguard Cottages, Lulworth. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 115 days, 10 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the West Lulworth conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across West Purbeck Ward.

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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Lulworth
District
Purbeck

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 June 2008
Consultation expiry
3 July 2008
Consultation end
3 July 2008

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West Lulworth Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: Coastguard CottagesOn or next to this site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
  • Heritage coast: Purbeck
  • 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, 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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