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Fresh Water Biological Association River Laboratory Church Lane East Stoke Wareham BH20 6BB

P/FUL/2022/03311Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 29 July 2024

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from Offices/Library in support of the Laboratory works to provide student accommodation for those working at the laboratory

Submitted
28 July 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
South East Purbeck Ward
  1. Received28 Jul
  2. Validated28 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Jul

Decided in 732 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Fresh Water Biological Association River Laboratory Church Lane East Stoke Wareham BH20 6BB. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across South East Purbeck Ward. We hold 1,048 applications in total for the BH20 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
BH20 6BB
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
East Stoke

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 July 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Loch Road Poole BH14 9EX

Additional information

Documents
13

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
  • National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
  • SSSI: River Frome SSSIPart of 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, 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, 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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© 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.

Source: Dorset

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