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Dorset Police Force Headquarters Winfrith Newburgh Wool DT2 8DZ

P/FUL/2021/04422Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 8 March 2022

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing three storey plus plant room building and erection of new three storey plus plant room building for Dorset Police Force Headquarters with associated parking

Submitted
17 November 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Purbeck Ward
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Mar

Decided in 111 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Dorset Police Force Headquarters Winfrith Newburgh Wool DT2 8DZ. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 10 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across West Purbeck Ward. We hold 2,420 applications in total for the DT2 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
DT2 8DZ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wool

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Brook Hall, Brook Street Warwick CV34 4BL

Additional information

Documents
83

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
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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