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Seatown Seafront Seatown Bridport DT6 6JU

P/FUL/2023/05731Full Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 4 January 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Proposed Change of Use of Seafront Hardstanding and siting of temporary mobile business/catering and a Sauna unit

Submitted
3 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Marshwood Vale Ward (old number)
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated3 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Jan

Decided in 93 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Seatown Seafront Seatown Bridport DT6 6JU. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 93 days, 7 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Chideock and Seatown conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,726 applications in total for the DT6 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
DT6 6JU
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chideock (old census number)

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Office No. 1, 1st Floor 58 Broad Street Lyme Regis DT7 3QF

Appeal

Appeal type
Written Representations
Appeal date
13 August 2024
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed
Appeal decision date
23 January 2025

Appeal history

3347373
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 23 January 2025Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
84

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Chideock, Chideock North and Seatown Conservation Area 7 (Seatown)
  • Article 4 direction: Bridport to LymeRegis 1+1 more
  • World Heritage Site: Dorset and East Devon Coast
  • National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
  • Heritage coast: West Dorset

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

Also checked, none recorded (18)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, 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 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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