Swanage Town Hall, High Street, Swanage, BH19 2NZ.
Proposal
Erect new directional sign to side of Swanage Town Hall.
- Received
- 25 July 2012
- Decided
- 31 August 2012 · Granted
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Swanage South Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted25 Jul
- ValidatedValidated25 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided31 Aug
Decided in 37 days (council typically 42)
This is a heritage application at Swanage Town Hall, High Street, Swanage, BH19 2NZ.. 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 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than Dorset's median. The site is in the Swanage conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,853 applications in total for the BH19 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Swanage Conservation Area
- 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, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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.
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