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Russett Hollow Access To Withy Lakes Church Knowle Dorset BH20 5NG

P/FUL/2023/01811Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 28 February 2024

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of rural building to residential dwelling, with associated curtilage

Submitted
19 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
South East Purbeck Ward
  1. Received19 Apr
  2. Validated19 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Feb

Decided in 315 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Russett Hollow Access To Withy Lakes Church Knowle Dorset BH20 5NG. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 315 days, 39 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Church Knowle conservation area. 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 5NG
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Church Knowle

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 5 Designer House Sandford Lane Wareham BH20 4DY

Additional information

Documents
52

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Church Knowle Conservation Area
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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