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Church of St Swithun Allington Bridport

P/FUL/2025/00976Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 May 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Install solar panels on southern roof slope and lighting of cupula

Submitted
2 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bridport Ward
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 May

Decided in 48 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Church of St Swithun Allington Bridport. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 6 days longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Bridport conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across Bridport Ward.

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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bridport

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
23 Queens Avenue Dorchester DORCHESTER DT1 2EW

Additional information

Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Bridport Conservation Area 1
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Church of St SwithunOn this site · +2 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): Dorset

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, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    2 Apr

    Install solar panels on southern roof slope and lighting of cupula

    This applicationApprovedFullP/FUL/2025/00976
  2. 2025
    2 Apr

    Install solar panels on southern roof slope and lighting of cupula

    WithdrawnListed building consentFiled alongsideP/LBC/2025/00977

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    18 May

    Various tree works as per submitted schedule

    ApprovedTree Works- Conservation AreaP/TRC/2023/02487

Source: Dorset

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