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Downs Quarry Kingston Road Worth Matravers Swanage BH19 3JP

P/FUL/2023/07355Full Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 19 November 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Northern extension of Downs Quarry for the extraction of building stone.

Submitted
30 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
South East Purbeck Ward
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated30 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Nov

Decided in 294 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Downs Quarry Kingston Road Worth Matravers Swanage BH19 3JP. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 294 days, 36 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. 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 1,866 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 3JP
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Worth Matravers

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 January 2024
Committee meeting
30 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Roundhouse Cottages Bridge Street Frome BA11 1BE

Appeal history

3365869
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: HearingDecision: 5 December 2025Dev Type: Mineral workingReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
109

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (21)

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, 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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© 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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