Anchor House, Britwell Drive, West Lulworth, BH20 5RS
Approved on 20 August 2021
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Demolition of existing house and construction of new dwelling, landscaping to form terrace and new pedestrian access
- Submitted
- 17 November 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- West Purbeck Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted17 Nov
- ValidatedValidated17 Nov
- Consult.Consultation19 Feb
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided20 Aug
Decided in 276 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Anchor House, Britwell Drive, West Lulworth, BH20 5RS. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 276 days, 33 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the West Lulworth conservation area. There have been 2 other applications 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 5RS
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- West Lulworth
- District
- Purbeck
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 November 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 19 February 2021
- Consultation end
- 19 February 2021
Additional information
- Documents
- 41
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: West Lulworth Conservation Area
- 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 (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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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202620 Oct
Fell T3 dead Cypress under regulation 14 exemptions.
ApprovedTree Dead Or DangerousP/TRD/2026/06101 - 202017 Jan
Demolition of existing house and construction of new dwelling, landscaping to form terrace and new pedestrian…
WithdrawnFull Planning Application6/2019/0653 - 201813 Dec
Erect first floor extensions with balconies. Construct retaining walls and re-landscape garden.
WithdrawnHouseholder6/2018/0658 - 201725 Apr
(T1) Sycamore - fell and replace with beech - The District of Purbeck (Hambury Bottom, Britwell Drive, West…
ApprovedTree WorksTWA/2017/078
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