The Old Lookout, Middle Beach, Studland, BH19 3AP
Approved on 3 October 2016
Council decision: PD- Within PDDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Demolish single-storey beach hut.
- Submitted
- 5 September 2016
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Castle Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted5 Sep
- ValidatedValidated5 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided3 Oct
Decided in 28 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an outline application at The Old Lookout, Middle Beach, Studland, BH19 3AP. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 2 weeks quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Studland conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,866 applications in total for the BH19 postcode area.
84% of outline 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
- BH19 3AP
- Application type
- Prior App - Demolition
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Studland
- District
- Purbeck
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 September 2016
Additional information
- Documents
- 2
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Studland 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.
Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences
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© 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.
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Source: Dorset
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