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Toilets & Pumphouse, Main Road, West Lulworth, Wareham, BH20 5RQ

6/2018/0548Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 20 December 2018

Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolish existing toilets and pumphouse and replace with improved toilet facilities, restaurant and outside terrace

Submitted
12 October 2018
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Lulworth and Winfrith Ward
  1. Received12 Oct
  2. Validated12 Oct
  3. Consult.5 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Dec

Decided in 69 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Toilets & Pumphouse, Main Road, West Lulworth, Wareham, BH20 5RQ. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 4 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the West Lulworth conservation area, with 4 listed buildings 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
12 October 2018
Consultation expiry
5 November 2018
Consultation end
5 November 2018
Committee meeting
19 December 2018

Additional information

Documents
19

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 this site · +1 more
  • 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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    ApprovedCertificate of Lawful Use ProposedRelatedP/CLP/2022/01341
  2. 2021
    26 Jul

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

    WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)P/VOC/2021/02668
  3. 2018
    12 Oct

    Demolish existing toilets and pumphouse and replace with improved toilet facilities, restaurant and outside…

    This applicationApprovedFull6/2018/0548

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