The Old Lodge Dorchester Road Lytchett Minster BH16 6JB
Approved on 25 February 2026
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
The proposal involves the erection of a single-storey detached outbuilding located within the rear garden.
- Submitted
- 31 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Lytchett Matravers and Upton Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted31 Dec
- ValidatedValidated31 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided25 Feb
Decided in 56 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an outline application for an outbuilding at The Old Lodge Dorchester Road Lytchett Minster BH16 6JB. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 2 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Lytchett Minster conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 96 applications across Lytchett Matravers and Upton Ward. We hold 224 applications in total for the BH16 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
- BH16 6JB
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawful Use Proposed
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lytchett Minster and Upton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Asplan Associates Unit 6 The Axium Centre Dorchester Road Lytchett Minster BH16 6FE
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Lytchett Minster Conservation Area
- Green belt: Dorset
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- 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, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Dorset
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