Cove Fish Main Road West Lulworth BH20 5RL

P/FUL/2026/03292Full Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 13 August 2026

Council decision: Granted5 conditions

Proposal

Change of use to seasonal hot food takeaway

Submitted: 23 June 2026
Council: Dorset Council
Ward: West Purbeck Ward

ReceivedSubmitted23 Jun
ValidatedValidated23 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided13 Aug

Decided in 51 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Cove Fish Main Road West Lulworth BH20 5RL. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 9 days longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the West Lulworth conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across West Purbeck Ward. We hold 1,048 applications in total for the BH20 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: BH20 5RL
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: West Lulworth

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 4 Woodleys Yard West Street Aldbourne Marlborough SN8 2BL

Additional information

Documents: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Conservation area: West Lulworth Conservation Area
National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
Heritage coast: Purbeck

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, 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Dorset

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