P/CLP/2026/00794Planning Application P/CLP/2026/00794

Outline application at Portland Substation Victoria Square Chiswell Portland DT5 1AL, Dorset. View planning documents, track the decision and get email alerts on updates.

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Certificate of lawfulness to install a new 11kV switch room building at the existing Portland substation site. The building will be located to the west of the existing substation within land owned by SSEN, adjacent to existing transformers. It is required to support installation of new Quantum 13CB 11kV switchboard Additional works, include a slight extension of the site to the west and installation of 2.4m high fence with razor wire surrounding the proposed site expansion area (located within SSENs ownership and considered operational extent)

P/CLP/2026/00794

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Portland Substation Victoria Square Chiswell Portland DT5 1AL

SubmittedSubmitted10 Feb

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ConsultationConsultation

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DecidedDecided17 Mar

6 weeks typical decision time in Dorset83% of outline applications approved

This is an outline application for an extension at Portland Substation Victoria Square Chiswell Portland DT5 1AL. Dorset has handled 1,876 applications of this type and approves 83% of them, typically deciding them in 46 days. This one was decided in 35 days, 11 days quicker than Dorset's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Portland Ward. We hold 95 applications in total for the DT5 postcode area.