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Cove Cottage Coach House, Main Road, West Lulworth, BH20 5RQ

6/2013/0656Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 27 January 2014

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Partial demolition of existing building, retention of masonry walls and reconstruction to two-bedroom part two-storey holiday accommodation ancillary to Cove Cottage

Submitted
3 December 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Purbeck Ward
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.1 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Cove Cottage Coach House, Main Road, West Lulworth, BH20 5RQ. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 13 days longer 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. We hold 1,048 applications in total for the BH20 postcode area.

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

Postcode
BH20 5RQ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Lulworth
District
Purbeck

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2013
Consultation expiry
1 January 2014
Consultation end
1 January 2014

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: West Lulworth Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: Cove CottageOn or next to this site
  • Scheduled monument: Bindon Hill camp
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Bindon Hill camp
  • 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 (17)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, 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 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Dorset

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