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2 Wordsworth House Belle Vue Road Swanage BH19 2HR

P/FUL/2022/07397Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 2 February 2024

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Extension, alteration and change of use of former Care Home to create 16 x 1 and 2 bedroom apartments

Submitted
25 November 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Swanage Ward
  1. Received25 Nov
  2. Validated25 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Feb

Decided in 434 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2 Wordsworth House Belle Vue Road Swanage BH19 2HR. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 434 days, 56 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Swanage Ward. We hold 1,866 applications in total for the BH19 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
BH19 2HR
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Swanage

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 November 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Anniversary House 23 Abbott Road Bournemouth BH9 1EU

Additional information

Documents
151

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
  • 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 (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, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    14 Jun

    Extension, alteration and change of use of former care home to create 16 x 1 and 2 bedroom apartments (with…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)P/VOC/2024/03250
  2. 2022
    25 Nov

    Extension, alteration and change of use of former Care Home to create 16 x 1 and 2 bedroom apartments

    This applicationApprovedFullP/FUL/2022/07397

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