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The Water Barn Water Meadow Lane Wool BH20 6HL

P/CLE/2026/04502Certificate of Lawful Use ExistingAwaiting decision
Lawful development certificate
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Use of part of The Water Barn, known as Little Water Barn, as a single, separate and self-contained one-bedroom dwellinghouse used for short-term holiday accommodation.

Submitted
18 August 2026
Ward
West Purbeck
  1. Received18 Aug
  2. Validated18 Aug
  3. Consult.9 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Water Barn Water Meadow Lane Wool BH20 6HL. Dorset has handled 1,397 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 18 August 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across West Purbeck. 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 6HL
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wool

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 August 2026
Consultation expiry
9 September 2026
Consultation end
9 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
33 Roman Road Radipole Weymouth DT35JQ

Planning decision

Case officer
Emily Elgie

Additional information

Documents
10

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
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Water BarnOn this site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • SSSI: River Frome SSSINext to the site

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, conservation 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, national parks, National Landscapes, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts 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.

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