Land at Lower Bridge Farm Weymouth DT4 9GB

P/HABR/2025/02628Habitat Regulations Assessment ApplicationApproved

Approved on 22 July 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Temporary pop-up campsite. Wednesday 22nd July 2026 - Monday 1st September 2026 (42 days) Friday 4th September - Monday 21st September 2026 (18 days) Maximum 50 pitches.

Submitted: 7 May 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Dorset Council
Ward: Chickerell Ward

ReceivedSubmitted7 May
ValidatedValidated7 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided22 Jul

Decided in 441 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Land at Lower Bridge Farm Weymouth DT4 9GB. Dorset has handled 27,315 applications of this type. This one was decided in 441 days, 57 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Chickerell Ward. We hold 387 applications in total for the DT4 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: DT4 9GB
Application type: Habitat Regulations Assessment Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Chickerell

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Lower Bridge Farm Mandeville Road Wyke Regis Weymouth DT4 9GB

Additional information

Documents: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Chesil and the Fleet SAC/Ramsar/SPAApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
Heritage coast: West 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 (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, national parks, National Landscapes, 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.

Source: Dorset

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