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Weston Farm Weston Road Worth Matravers Swanage BH19 3LJ

P/FUL/2026/00252Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 11 June 2026

Council decision: Granted

Proposal

Change of use and conversion of a single-skinned metal grain store to residential use (Use Class C3).

Submitted
20 January 2026
Ward
South East Purbeck Ward
  1. Received20 Jan
  2. Validated20 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Jun

Decided in 142 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Weston Farm Weston Road Worth Matravers Swanage BH19 3LJ. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 142 days, 14 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across South East Purbeck Ward. We hold 1,868 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 3LJ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Worth Matravers

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Peregrine Mears Architects Ltd The Old Sail Loft Paiges Lane Barnstaple EX31 1EF

Additional information

Documents
48

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
  • Heritage coast: Purbeck
  • 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, 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    19 Jun

    Operation of a 50 pitch campsite for up to 60 days during 2024

    ApprovedApplicationP/HABR/2024/03328

Source: Dorset

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