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The Boat House, Main Road, West Lulworth BH20 5RQ

6/2015/0101Change Of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 27 March 2015

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from gallery, exhibition and meeting room to a tea room.

Submitted
13 February 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Purbeck Ward
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 42 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Boat House, Main Road, West Lulworth BH20 5RQ. Dorset has handled 1,397 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days. The site is in the West Lulworth conservation area, with 1 listed building 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.

76% of amendment 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
Change Of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Lulworth
District
Purbeck

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2015

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.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: West Lulworth Conservation Area
  • National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
  • SSSI: South Dorset Coast SSSI
  • Special Area of Conservation: Isle of Portland to Studland Cliffs
  • Heritage coast: Purbeck

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (18)

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, 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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