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6 King Street Weymouth DT4 7BH

P/FUL/2026/02638Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 15 July 2026

Council decision: Granted4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from restaurant to education purposes to create an employability skills based training site for young people with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) which includes ancillary community café, shop, professional kitchen, workshops, teaching spaces, gymnasium and plant nursery

Submitted
19 May 2026
Ward
Melcombe Regis Ward
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated19 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Jul

Decided in 57 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 6 King Street Weymouth DT4 7BH. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 2 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Weymouth Town Centre conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across Melcombe Regis Ward. We hold 387 applications in total for the DT4 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
DT4 7BH
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Weymouth

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
6 King Street WEYMOUTH DT4 7BH

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Weymouth Town Centre Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: 4, Albert StreetOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Weymouth Town Centre

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, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, 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

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.

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