Cove House, Main Road, West Lulworth

6/2012/0689Change Of UsePermitted

Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Change of Use to Bed and Breakfast

Received: 26 October 2012
Decided: 14 December 2012 · Granted
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Dorset Council
Ward: West Purbeck Ward

Approximate site (title boundary)

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ReceivedSubmitted26 Oct
ValidatedValidated26 Oct
Consult.Consultation27 Nov
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided14 Dec

Decided in 49 days (council typically 42)

6 weeks typical decision time in Dorset76% of amendment applications approved

This is an application to amend a permission at Cove House, Main Road, West Lulworth. Dorset has handled 1,395 applications of this type and approves 83% of them, typically deciding them in 44 days. This one was decided in 49 days, 5 days longer than Dorset's median. The site is in the West Lulworth conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 116 applications across West Purbeck Ward.

Application Details

Reference

6/2012/0689

Address

Cove House, Main Road, West Lulworth

Local Authority

Dorset

Application Type

Change Of Use

Scale / Size

Small

Decision Status

Permitted

Current Status

Application Approved

Ward

West Purbeck Ward

Parish

West Lulworth

District

Purbeck

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Consultation Expiry

27 November 2012

Date Decided

14 December 2012

Date Validated

26 October 2012

Date Submitted

26 October 2012

Consultation End

27 November 2012

Planning Decision

Decision

Granted

Decided By

Delegated

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents

Coordinates

50.624023, -2.250933

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Dorset

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4 other applications at this property, newest first.

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Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: West Lulworth Conservation Area
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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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