Old Post Cottage, The Street, Motcombe, SP7 9NT
Approved on 22 March 2022
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of replacement outbuilding and swimming pool (retrospective) (amended description agreed 22 November 2021)
- Submitted
- 18 November 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Gillingham Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted18 Nov
- ValidatedValidated18 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided22 Mar
Decided in 124 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Old Post Cottage, The Street, Motcombe, SP7 9NT. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 124 days, 12 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Motcombe conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across Gillingham Ward. We hold 1,993 applications in total for the SP7 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
- SP7 9NT
- Application type
- Householder Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Motcombe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 November 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Boon Brown Motivo Alvington Yeovil BA20 2FG
Additional information
- Documents
- 17
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Motcombe Conservation AreaPart of the site
- 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, 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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20231 Nov
Internal and external alterations to convert and enclose car port to form additional living accommodation.
ApprovedListed building consentP/LBC/2023/06056 - 20231 Nov
Convert and enclose car port to form additional living accommodation.
ApprovedHouseholderP/HOU/2023/06055 - 20055 Aug
Partially re-thatch front roof
ApprovedListed building consent2/2005/9120
Source: Dorset
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