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Lulworth Cove, West Lulworth

6/2012/0757Full Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 13 May 2013

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Improvements around Mill Pond (including demolition of kiosk and replacement bin store), improvements to Fisherman's Green (including provision of new public toilets in the existing waterworks building, conversion of the existing public toilets to a cafe and kiosk and demolition of the existing kiosk) and improvements to the beach (including an extension to the beach cafe, new decking area and retaining wall).

Submitted
14 November 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Purbeck Ward
  1. Received14 Nov
  2. Validated14 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 May

Decided in 180 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Lulworth Cove, West Lulworth. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 180 days, 20 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the West Lulworth conservation area, with 5 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
14 November 2012

Appeal

Appeal type
Written Representations
Appeal date
20 August 2013
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed
Appeal decision date
31 March 2014

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: West Lulworth Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: Mill Pond CottageOn or next to 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    26 Jul

    Vary Condition 1 of Approved P/A 6/2018/0548

    WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)P/VOC/2021/02668

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