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Visitor Centre, Main Road, West Lulworth, BH20 5RQ

6/2017/0038Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 June 2017

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Formation of new yard and education space outside the Visitor Centre, including the erection of a new education barn, information kiosk and gatehouse and new landscaping.

Submitted
27 January 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lulworth and Winfrith Ward
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.22 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Jun

Decided in 139 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Visitor Centre, Main Road, West Lulworth, BH20 5RQ. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 139 days, 14 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the West Lulworth conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 5RQ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Lulworth
District
Purbeck

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2017
Consultation expiry
22 February 2017
Consultation end
22 February 2017

Additional information

Documents
9

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
  • Heritage coast: Purbeck

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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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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    13 Jan

    Sycamore (dead) - Fell.

    ApprovedTree Dead Or DangerousP/TRD/2025/00202

Source: Dorset

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