West Lulworth School, School Lane, West Lulworth, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 5SA

6/2014/0410_1Full Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 5 November 2014

Council decision: Granted

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Erect new school at end of School Lane to replace existing school in School Lane.

Submitted: 28 July 2014
Council: Dorset Council

ReceivedSubmitted28 Jul
ValidatedValidated28 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided5 Nov

Decided in 100 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at West Lulworth School, School Lane, West Lulworth, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 5SA. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 100 days, 8 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. 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 5SA
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
District: County

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 July 2014
Committee meeting: 23 October 2014

Additional information

Documents: 64

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

2015
12 Aug
Non Material Amendment to Planning permission 6/2014/0410
PendingNon-material amendment6/2014/0410/NMA

Source: Dorset

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