Swanage Methodist Church High Street Swanage BH19 2LZ
Proposal
Installation of a ground floor external door to the church tower, and installation of new internal platform lift to provide disabled access into the building, with associated localised internal and external changes.
- Received
- 17 February 2025
- Decided
- 11 April 2025 · Granted
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Swanage Ward
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- ReceivedSubmitted17 Feb
- ValidatedValidated17 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided11 Apr
Decided in 53 days (council typically 42)
This is a full planning application at Swanage Methodist Church High Street Swanage BH19 2LZ. Dorset has handled 11,834 applications of this type and approves 89% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Dorset's median. The site is in the Swanage conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Swanage Ward. We hold 1,853 applications in total for the BH19 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202617 Aug
Loft conversion with dormer window and balcony onto existing flat roof. Installation of solar panels, air…
RefusedHouseholderP/HOU/2026/04490 - 201228 Sep
Variation of condition 3 of PP 6/2012/0272
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)6/2012/0634 - 201225 Apr
Install mobile dental unit on car park of Swanage Methodist Church for a temporary period.
ApprovedChange Of Use6/2012/0272 - 200126 Nov
Replace existing entrance and external stair with combined entrance lobby.
ApprovedFull Planning Application6/2001/0902
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Swanage Conservation Area
- Listed building: Grade II: The Methodist Church and Hall Immediately East and Boundary Walls to West and NorthOn this site · +1 more
- Article 4 direction: Swanage Conservation AreaPart of the site
- 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 (18)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.
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